A M Charitable Trust

The The A M Charitable Trust (no 256283), is a small grant-making charity set up via a trust deed dated 18th March 1968. It disburses grants to with a particular focus on Jewish causes including conservative and zionist recipients as well as on health related causes.

For example it has supported the UK Friends of the Association for the Welfare of Israel's Soldiers, the controversial Israel based Jerusalem Foundation which is implicated in construction activity on Israeli occupied territory in East Jerusalem in contravention of international law. It has also supported Israel lobby groups and organisations involved in attempting to counter Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigns such as WIZO UK and the Weizmann Institute Foundation (See below for details of finances).

Trustees

The Trust is run by a firm called Kleinwort Benson Trustees Limited which also runs a number of other similar charities including the G R P Charitable Trust (no 255733),C H (1980) Charitable Trust (no 256283), The GP Charitable Trust (no 1115903), The Richard Carne Trust (no 264994), The Sir Mark And Lady Turner Charitable Settlement. This has the result that no trustees names appear on the Charity Commission website.

Donations

Grant recipients of the A M Charitable Trust in £ sterling
Organisation	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	Total 2008-2014
Blond McIndoe Research Foundation	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	0	0	7,500
British Friends of Israel Free Loan Association	4,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,000
British Heart Foundation	0	100	2,100	2,000	2,000	0	0	6,200
British ORT	0	0	0	0	15,000	0	0	15,000
British Technion Society	0	0	12,000	12,000	0	0	0	24,000
British WIZO	500	0	0	0	0	0	0	500
Cancer Research Campaign	2,500	0	3,000	3,000	3,000	0	0	11,500
Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem	0	0	5,000	5,000	0	0	0	10000
Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem	10,000	0	0	0	10,000	0	0	20,000
Jerusalem Foundation	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	0	0	50,000
Jewish Care	100	20,000	0	0	0	0	0	20,100
Magen David Adom UK	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	0	0	0	40,000
New Marlowe Theatre Development Trust	0	0	1,000	0	0	0	0	1,000
Norwood Ravenswood Child Care	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	0	0	10,000
Royal Academy of Music	0	0	0	0	1,000	0	0	1,000
SEM Charitable Trust	0	1,150	0	0	0	0	0	1,150
Thames Diamond Jubilee	0	0	0	0	2,000	0	0	2,000
UK Friends of AWIS	2,000	0	0	0	2,000	0	0	4,000
Wallace Collection	0	0	0	75,000	75,000	0	0	150,000
Weizmann Institute Foundation	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	0	0	0	48,000
World Jewish Relief	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	0	0	0	60,000
Youth Aliyah - Child Rescue	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	0	0	75,000
Total specified donations	84,600	86,750	88,600	162,500	138,500	0	0	560,950
Donations less than £1,000	7,900	4,895	7,000	4,600	6,750	0	0	31,145
Total	92,500	91,645	95,600	167,100	145,250	0	0	592,095