Kantor Charitable Foundation
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Registered charity in England and Wales
| Kantor Charitable Foundation
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Registered charity |
| Founded | 26 June 2017 (registered as a charity) |
| Registration ID | Charity 1173550 |
| Status | Removed |
| Registration | Charity Commission for England and Wales |
People
Trustees
None listed. Source: Charity Commission register.[1]
Historic trustees
Trustees as listed in archived snapshots of the Charity Commission register (first and last snapshot in which each name appears; not a record of actual appointment or resignation dates).
| Name | First seen | Last seen | Snapshots listing name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantor Trustees Ltd | 26 July 2017 | 2 January 2019 | 3 [2][3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Total income | Total expenditure | Income from donations and legacies | Expenditure on charitable activities | Grants to institutions | Total funds (assets less liabilities) | Cash | Employees | Volunteers | Accounts received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2017 | £1,502,500 | £3,405,182 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Archived register entry[3] |
| 31 December 2020 | £375,600 | £2,183,066 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 0 | 25 October 2021 (due 31 October 2021) |
| 31 December 2021 | £7,575,000 | £3,640,737 | £7,575,000 | £3,640,737 | £3,421,000 | £1,068,811 | £413,555 | 1 | 0 | 30 October 2022 (due 31 October 2022) |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,000,000 | £800,693 | £1,000,000 | £640,690 | £628,000 | £1,276,118 | £133,787 | 1 | 0 | 30 October 2023 (due 31 October 2023) |
| 31 December 2023 | £37,822 | £177,266 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 0 | 30 October 2024 (due 31 October 2024) |
| 31 December 2024 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 20 November 2025 (due 31 October 2025) |
Source: Charity Commission financial history and register data.[4] Trustee payments: "One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for another benefit."[5]
- Archived accounts: year ending 31 December 2017; year ending 31 December 2018.[6]
Controversies and conflicts
- Statutory inquiry (Russia sanctions): The Charity Commission opened statutory inquiries into Kantor Foundation and Kantor Charitable Foundation on 7 April 2022, after Dr Viatcheslav Kantor was designated under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on 6 April 2022. Dr Kantor was a director and sole member of Kantor Trustees, the charities' sole corporate trustee. The Commission froze the charities' bank accounts, suspended Kantor Trustees on 23 May 2022 and appointed Interim Managers from Stone King LLP on 31 May 2022. In June 2023 it found neither charity viable and directed that they be wound up; both were removed from the register on 30 May 2025. The inquiry report, published 22 April 2026, found Dr Kantor responsible for misconduct and/or mismanagement. It also states that Dr Kantor was removed as a trustee of World Holocaust Forum Foundation on 30 May 2022, which automatically disqualified him from charity trusteeship.[7]
- Charity Commission regulatory alert: The register states: "The Charity Commission has published a report on its inquiry into the charity".[5]
- Removed charity: The charity was removed from the register on 30 May 2025.[5]
- Filing compliance: The Charity Commission record shows that the annual return/accounts for the year ending 31 December 2024 were received on 20 November 2025, after the due date of 31 October 2025.[4]
- UK sanctions listing: The UK consolidated sanctions list records Viatcheslav (Moshe) Kantor (born 8 September 1953, Moscow; Russian and Israeli nationality per the list; chairman of the coordinating board of PJSC Acron) under reference RUS1127, with trust-services sanctions imposed additionally on 21 March 2023.[8] The Times of Israel reported that he resigned as president of the European Jewish Congress following the UK designation.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, KANTOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION trustees Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026.
- ↑ UK Government Web Archive, Kantor Charitable Foundation – register entry (26 July 2017), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 July 2017, accessed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 UK Government Web Archive, Kantor Charitable Foundation – register entry (2 January 2019), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 2 January 2019, accessed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, KANTOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financial history Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026; figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 13 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, KANTOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION overview Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026.
- ↑ UK Government Web Archive, Kantor Charitable Foundation – archived accounts, archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 3 January 2020, accessed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission (GOV.UK), Charity Inquiry: Kantor Foundation and Kantor Charitable Foundation Charity Commission (GOV.UK), 22 April 2026, accessed 13 October 2026.
- ↑ HM Treasury Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, UK Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (entry KANTOR, Viatcheslav Moshe; UK Sanctions List Ref RUS1127), list dated 3 June 2026, accessed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ JTA, European Jewish Congress head Moshe Kantor resigns following UK sanctions The Times of Israel, accessed 14 October 2026.