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Golders Green family trust that restated its accounts for an unrecorded donated property

The BSD Charitable Trust

Type Trust
Founded 1996-07-08 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1056630
Headquarters 73 the Ridgeway, London, NW11 8PH
Area served Throughout London, Manchester City, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Lancashire, Hungary, Israel, United States
Key people Andrew Warren Levison (chair)


The BSD Charitable Trust was registered on 8 July 1996; register areas include London, Manchester, Gateshead and the North East, Lancashire, Hungary, Israel and the United States.[1] The accounts for the year to 31 March 2026, independently examined by A Steinberg, give its address as 73 The Ridgeway, London NW11 8PH, and its trustees as A Levison and K Levison. Voluntary income was £523,266, distributions £475,284 and funds £800,751, including investment property of £350,000 (PDF p.2, 4–5).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE"[1]

The register describes its activities as: "BSD Charitable Trust objectives are to advance education in the Jewish Faith; Promote research in the Jewish Faith and in particular Religious Jewish Education. Provide for relief of poverty."[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Manchester City, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Lancashire, Hungary, Israel, United States.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of The BSD Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Karen Lyn Levison not recorded —
Andrew Warren Levison not recorded Yes Friends of Ateres Moshe (1150855); Friends of Dr Adler's Surgery (1191581); North West London Communal Mikvah Limited (1118526); Pal Charitable Trust (1110416); Torah Family Support Network Ltd (1201703)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2013-09-05 Andrew Warren Levison; Daniel Frederic Kirsch; Karen Lyn Levison [3]
2014-05-06 Andrew Warren Levison; Daniel Frederic Kirsch; Karen Lyn Levison [4]
2021-01-05 Andrew Warren Levison (chair) – also trustee of Pal Charitable Trust, Friends of Ateres Moshe, Friends of Dr Adler's Surgery, North West London Communal Mikvah Limited; Karen Lyn Levison [5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2022-03-31 £463,028 £440,424
2023-03-31 £726,498 £592,875
2024-03-31 £684,170 £671,705
2025-03-31 £563,692 £735,027
2026-03-31 £532,996 £475,626

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 31/03/2008[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2011[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2012[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2013[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[16]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to March 2026: donations of £475,284, recipients not named (PDF p.7).[2]

Israeli partners

Not identified.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
No recipient or place is named.[2] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[2]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[17] it is not among the charities named in the Commission's cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements (May, September and December 2025) or in the September 2026 statement of results.[18][19][20][21] The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this charity is among them.[22]
  • Restatement. A property donated in the previous year at a fair value of £350,000 "had not previously been recognised"; the 2025 figures were restated from a deficit to a surplus (PDF p.6–7).[2]
  • Recipients available only on request. Note 6 says a breakdown of the donations "can be requested from the registered office" (PDF p.7); Israel is not mentioned.[2]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[23] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[24]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.[25]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[26]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers 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.[27]

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.[28] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[29]

  • Investment property of £350,000 donated during the year to March 2025; address not stated – Accounts (PDF p.5–7); the trust is unincorporated, so no CCOD company match is possible (source: accounts)

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'BSD Charitable Trust' returned 0 contributions in total.[30]

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".[5]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, The BSD Charitable Trust (1056630): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1056630, contact and trustees (capture of 20130905) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1056630, contact and trustees (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1056630, full print (capture of 20210105) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  7. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  8. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  9. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2011-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  10. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2012-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  11. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2013-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  12. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  13. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  14. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  15. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  16. ↑ The BSD Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Register of Charities, charity overview page (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/ followed by the organisation number) for every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
  23. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).
  24. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).
  25. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'BSD Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  26. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1056630 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  27. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-7 screening covered 428 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers, lenders, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded October 2026.
  28. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in 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.
  29. ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  30. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'BSD Charitable Trust' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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