Three Pillars Trust
Manchester Orthodox Jewish grant-maker funding UK communal institutions
| Three Pillars Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2009-01-30 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1127804; company 06685115 |
| Headquarters | 39 Northumberland Street, Salford, M7 4DQ |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel |
| Key people | D Z Hausmann (chair) |
Three Pillars Trust is a charitable company (06685115) registered in 2009 at Northumberland Street, Salford. Register areas are throughout England and Israel.[1] In the year ended 31 December 2024 grants totalled about £2.56m across relief of poverty, education and religious services; material named grants include Bderech Kovod £259,624, Beis Hamedrash Hechodosh £190,417, Zichron Baruch £150,871 and Ahavas Chesed Trust £140,149, with £1,573,792 in grants under £50,000 (note 11).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR PEOPLE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND HARDSHIP IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY;(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE BELIEFS AND VALUES OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH;(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION;(IV) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS IN NEED IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE BELIEFS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH, ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH ORTHORDOX RELIGION AND GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| D Z Hausmann | not recorded | Yes | — |
| Henry Samuel Lieberman | not recorded | — | |
| Michael Nicholas Levy | 2014-07-08 | — | |
| David Silbiger | 2023-09-19 | Naaleh Beis Yaakov (1213330); Shaken Tov (1212469) | |
| Rabbi Meir Silbiger | 2023-09-19 | Beis Tefilloh (328470) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-12 | Henry Samuel Lieberman; D Z Hausmann (chair); Michael Nicholas Levy (from 08 July 2014) | [3] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 7 current and former officers of the charitable company (06685115), 5 of them active.[4]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £1,731,032 | £1,642,403 |
| 2021-12-31 | £2,757,474 | £2,631,552 |
| 2022-12-31 | £3,282,024 | £3,184,666 |
| 2023-12-31 | £2,940,525 | £2,994,534 |
| 2024-12-31 | £2,484,666 | £2,585,087 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[9]
Funding in Israel
- FY2024 grants ~£2.56m; register lists Israel but named material grants are UK institutions; £1.57m under £50,000 not itemised.[2][1]
Israeli partners
Not established for Israel from the named material grant list.[2]
Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| Not established.[2] | Low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated. Named material grants are predominantly UK communal institutions.[2][2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice was found. Hansard hits for "Three Pillars" are unrelated government and historical phrases.
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[10] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[11]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[12]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[13]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[14]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[15]
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Three Pillars Trust' returned 17 contributions in total; most are general references rather than discussion of the UK charity.[16]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[3]
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, Three Pillars Trust (1127804): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1127804, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 06685115: officers Companies House, viewed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Three Pillars Trust accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Three Pillars Trust accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Three Pillars Trust accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Three Pillars Trust accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Three Pillars Trust accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Three Pillars Trust' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1127804 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Three Pillars Trust' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).