Mayfair Charities Limited

In 2009 the charity was the 24th largest family foundation in the UK. In 2021 the charity was ranked as number 61 in the family foundation ranking and at 155 in the overall foundation ranking in terms of giving in the Top 300 Foundations ranked by giving in the UK - 2021.

In 2022 Benzion Freshwater and family appeared at 61 in the The Sunday Times Rich List 2022 and at 36 in the Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022.

Donations

Recipient	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Achisomoch										25,000
Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund												18,000	18,000
Ahavath Chessed Charitable Association Limited											25,000
Amud Hatzedoka Trust												48,000	48,000	79,000
Ateres Bnei Zion									146,000	38,000
Bayid Lepletot Girls Town												18,000
BC Trust													49,000	34,000
Beis Aharon Trust												31,000
Beis Medrash Govoha									40,000	38,000
Ben Amram Charitable Trust												12,000
Beth Jacob Grammar School For Girls Limited	1,210,000	1,190,000	1,020,000	1,160,000	1,120,000	1,198,000	1,122,500	1,576,000	1,250,000	1,465,000	2,131,000	2,047,000	2,200,000	1,550,000
Bnei Brak Hospital										36,000
Bobov Cheder Trust											27,000	23,000
Bobov Yeshiva Bnei Zion (Toronto)									22,000
Brisk Yeshiva									44,000	38,000
Care AII Limited										30,000	17,000	19,000		26,000
Centre for Torah Education Trust												13,000
Chasdei Aharon Limited													18,000
Chasdei Sorele														22,000
Chassidic Center of Nassau County									63,000
Chazon Ish Kollel									21,000		18,000
Chevras Machzikei Mesifta												14,000
Chevras Maoz Ladol									258,000	174,000	73,000	57,000	53,000	58,000
Chibas Yerushalayim Kollel									302,000	50,000
Dushinsky Trust											22,000
Edupoor Limited									25,000		34,000	18,000		20,000
Emuno Educational Centre Limited										32,000	32,000
Ezer L'Yoldos										50,000	30,000
Ezer Leyoldos Limited													11,000
Ezer Mikodesh Foundation									93,000	25,000
Ezer V'Hatzoloh									37,000	53,000	19,000
Friends of Beer Miriam									41,000
Friends of Beis Chinuch Lebonos Trust										31,000	29,000	14,000		28,000
Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka/ Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Machnovka									38,000	42,000	41,000	32,000	10,000	29,000
Friends of Mir / Mir Yeshiva									39,000		59,000	123,000		61,000
Friends of Zichron Dovid										23,000
Gateshead Talmudical College										20,000			22,000
Glasgow Rabbinical College									25,000
Hadras Kodesh Trust									28,000	68,000	17,000	18,000
Heritage Foundation for Preservation of the Jewish Cemeteries										21,000
Kahal Chasidim Bobov									80,000	124,000	92,000	59,000	37,000	29,000
Keren Hatsolas Doros												16,000
Keren Shlomo Trust									27,000	31,000	23,000	15,000
Kollel Geon Yaakov (Nesivos Chaim Kollel)													10,000
Kollel Rabinow (Divre Shir) Foundation														47,000
LTC Trust Co														20,000
Marbeh Torah Trust									68,000	65,000	27,000		11,000	27,000
Mercaz Hatorah Netzach Yisroel												15,000	12,000	22,000
Mesifta Talmudical College									22,000	41,000	25,000
MGS Charitable Trust													14,000
Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh									38,000	52,000	34,000	38,000	11,000	60,000
Mosdos Bobov									31,000
Netzach Yisroel Centre of Study										20,000
North London Welfare and Educational Foundation											33,000
One Heart —Lev Echod										56,000	40,000	14,000		31,000
Orthodox Council of Jerusalem									26,000
Ponevez Institution												13,000
Rabinow Divrei Shir Kollel									25,000			35,000
Rav Chesed Trust									164,000	40,000
Regent Charities Limited	79,000	20,000	56,000	10,000	70,000	40,000	133,000	50,000	40,000	58,000	50,000
Sassov Beis Hamedrash												33,000
Shaarei Orah Ltd													75,000	78,000
Shuvu - Return									20,000	20,000
Sinai Synagogue									22,000		18,000
Slabodka Yeshiva Trust									33,000			32,000
Society of Friends of Torah Limited / Society of Friends of Israel Limited									1,730,000	2,101,000	1,070,000	136,000
Ssssov Beis Hamedrash														26,000
String of Pearls												20,000
Support the Charity Worker											15,000	18,000		25,000
The ABC Trust									111,000
The Friends of the Bobover Yeshivah / Friends of Bobov Foundation									46,000	42,000	22,000	16,000		29,000
The Jewish Learning Exchange									146,000	131,000
The Kollel Bnei Yissochor													12,000
The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust										23,000	15,000			40,000
The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association Ltd									6,000,000
The Rehabilitation Trust														32,000
The Z.S.V. Trust / Zorchei Shabbos Veyomtov										35,000		15,000
Tomchei Yotzei Anglia										32,000
Tzedoko Vochesed Foundation										25,000
United Talmudical Association Ltd									101,000	111,000	40,000
Woodstock Sinclair Trust									24,000	30,000	21,000	14,000
Y.M.E.R CIO													11,000
Yad Eliezer									43,000	58,000		16,000
Yad Vochesed												16,000
Yesamach Levav Trust									101,000	77,000	47,000	31,000	13,000
Young & Inspired												15,000
Other Donations									1,342,000	1,276,000	776,000	713,000	426,000	804,000
Total dislcosed	1,289,000	1,210,000	1,076,000	1,170,000	1,190,000	1,238,000	1,255,500	1,626,000	12,712,000	6,707,000	4,922,000	3,785,000	3,061,000	3,177,000
Total given	8,336,000	5,983,000	5,046,000	2,942,000	3,404,000	4,328,000	4,384,000	6,067,000	12,712,000	6,707,000	4,922,000	3,785,000	3,061,000	3,177,000

People

Name	Role	Date of appointment	Other trusteeships
Richard Fischer	Trustee	23-Jan-14	Highcroft Charitable Trust
			The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association
Solomon Israel Freshwater	Trustee	04-Dec-06	Zichron Chaim Limited
			Service to the Aged
			The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association
			Sassov Beis Hamedrash
Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater	Trustee	19-Jun-92	Sassov Beis Hamedrash
			Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls Limited
			The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association
			Service to the Aged
			Regent Charities Limited
			The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations
David Davis	Trustee	19-Jun-92	Beth Jacob Grammar School For Girls Limited
			Vendquot Limited
			The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association
			Regent Charities Limited

See also

• Charitable spending of the largest 100 UK family foundations

Resources

• Charity Commission Inquiry Report Mayfair Charities Limited Registered Charity Number 255281 12 December 2013.