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Hatton Garden family grant-making trust, under a 1961 deed, whose largest Israel-related grants were £32,000 (2014) and £48,000 (2017) to the Jerusalem Foundation
| The Rosenfeld Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  Logo of the Jerusalem Foundation, the trust's largest Israel-related grantee |
| Type | Charitable trust |
| Founded | Trust deed 1 October 1961; registered 13 November 2009 |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1132685 |
| Headquarters | 11 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8AH |
| Area served | London |
Rosenfeld Charitable Trust is a family grant-making trust established by a trust deed dated 1 October 1961 and registered with the Charity Commission on 13 November 2009. Its address is 11 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8AH.[1] Its activity is "To support other charities in their endeavours".[1] Its largest Israel-related grants in the archived accounts are £32,000 (2013–14) and £48,000 (2016–17) to the Jerusalem Foundation.[2][3]
Objects and activities
The objects are to apply the trust fund "FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES ORGANISATION AND INSTITUTIONS OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR OBJECTS IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND MANNERS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT"; the area of benefit is "UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL".[1] Classifications include General Charitable Purposes and Education/training; area of operation: Throughout London.[1]
Trustees
The register lists Michael Rosenfeld (chair) and Gerard Peter Burton (appointed 1 February 2012); neither holds another trusteeship on the register.[1] The 2017 accounts list E Rosenfeld ("Deceased 24 April 2017"), A Rosenfeld, M Rosenfeld and G Burton.[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £15,064 | £34,693 |
| 2022-03-31 | £54,072 | £53,481 |
| 2023-03-31 | £1,341 | £112,583 |
| 2024-03-31 | £1,055 | £71,179 |
| 2025-03-31 | £46,583 | £60,149 |
Source: register annual-return history (bulk extract).[1]
| Year | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | £92,635 | £93,202 |
| 2015 | £67,509 | £65,560 |
| 2016 | £53,654 | £81,960 |
| 2017 | £62,980 | £96,365 |
Sources: the accounts for each year.[4][3]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[2]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[3]
| Recipient | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem Foundation | 32,000 | 48,000 | |||
| Magen David Adom | 1,500 | 2,000 | 1,500 | 1,250 | 1,000 |
| Emunah | 1,132 | 464 | 250 | ||
| Beit Halochem UK | 1,000 | ||||
| KKL | 3,000 | ||||
| Migdal Ohr | 600 | ||||
| Ben-Gurion University | 900 | ||||
| United Jewish Israel Appeal | 500 |
Sources: the accounts for each year (2013 and 2016 figures include comparatives in the following year's accounts).[2][4][5][3] Accounts after 2017 were not read for this profile.
Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| The Jerusalem Foundation grants (£80,000 in total) are not tied to a named project in the accounts.[2][3] | Not established |
| "KKL" (£3,000 in 2015–16) is named without a charity number; it may be KKL Charity Accounts (a JNF-linked donor-account charity), but the accounts do not say.[3] | Unverified – name only |
Support for the IDF: £1,000 to Beit Halochem UK in 2012–13, for the welfare of disabled IDF veterans (see its page).[2] Grade: High for the recipient's purpose.
Support for the Israeli military
Grants. The trust gave £1,000 to Beit Halochem UK, which supports disabled veterans of the Israel Defense Forces, in 2012–13.[2]
Prior scrutiny. No Charity Commission inquiry or Official Warning, and no complaint or report by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, the Islamic Human Rights Commission or Declassified UK, concerning this charity's support for soldiers was found (checked October 2026).
Controversies and regulatory action
- No regulatory action concerning the trust was found in the register extract or the sources searched. The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this trust is among them.[6]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched for "Rosenfeld Charitable Trust").[7] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register.[8]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette notice feed for "Rosenfeld Charitable Trust" found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity.[9]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data (the API returned no organisation record for GB-CHC-1132685).[10]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name, its current register trustees, the trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile were screened against the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.[11]
Land and property
The register extract does not say whether the trust owns land. No title registers were looked up or purchased.
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Rosenfeld Charitable Trust" returned no contributions.[12]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds the trust's accounts for 2014–2017 (cited above).
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (bulk download; table charity dated 20 October 2026, tables charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_governing_document and charity_other_names dated 14 October 2026), rows for charity 1132685. The bulk extract was used because the online register page for this charity returned "Sorry, there was an issue displaying this content" on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Rosenfeld Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Rosenfeld Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rosenfeld Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rosenfeld Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv; name search run 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 20 October 2026 (zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Rosenfeld Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: GB-CHC-1132685 360Giving, queried 20 October 2026 (grants_received and grants_made both returned "not found").
- ↑ Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (CSV, last updated 3 June 2026), screened 20 October 2026 for forename-plus-surname matches; no person or organisation matched.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching "Rosenfeld Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 20 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).