Dollond Charitable Trust
Dollond-family endowed trust (about £52m) making about 180 grants a year to Jewish causes in the UK and Israel
| Dollond Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 1986-01-13 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 293459 |
| Headquarters | 3RD Floor Hathaway House, Popes Drive, Finchley, London, N3 1QF |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
| Key people | Adrian Dollond (chair) |
Dollond Charitable Trust is a trust registered on 13 January 1986, with its address in Finchley, London N3; its trustees are members of the Dollond family and Jeffrey Milston. Register areas are England and Wales and Israel.[1] Its stated activities include "assisting Jewish communities in the United Kingdom and Israel". In the year ended 31 March 2025 it made 183 grants to institutions totalling £2,018,000 (religious education £579,500; education and training £409,500; medical £302,500; relief of poverty £301,500; religious activities £286,000; disability £139,000). Its expendable endowment was £52,071,656.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AND OR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AND IF MORE THAN ONE IN SUCH SHARES PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The charity operates a broad based grant making policy however the activities are often focused on health, education and religious activities."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rina Dollond | not recorded | David Dolinsky Z-l Memorial Trust (1077185) | |
| Melissa Ruth Dollond | not recorded | — | |
| Adrian Dollond | not recorded | Yes | — |
| Brian Dollond | not recorded | David Dolinsky Z-l Memorial Trust (1077185) | |
| Jeffrey Milston | not recorded | British Friends of Midreshet Harova (1112243) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-04 | Adrian Dollond; Jeffrey Milston; Brian Dollond; Rina Dollond; Melissa Ruth Dollond | [3] |
| 2021-01-12 | Melissa Ruth Dollond; Brian Dollond – also trustee of David Dolinsky Z-l Memorial Trust; Jeffrey Milston – also trustee of British Friends of Midreshet Harova; Rina Dollond – also trustee of David Dolinsky Z-l Memorial Trust; Adrian Dollond (chair) | [4] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £1,088,289 | £2,315,816 |
| 2022-03-31 | £1,167,147 | £2,054,735 |
| 2023-03-31 | £2,077,904 | £2,641,940 |
| 2024-03-31 | £1,574,512 | £2,284,625 |
| 2025-03-31 | £1,591,356 | £2,263,471 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)
| Financial year end | Income (£) | Spending (£) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2012 | 1,131,753 | 2,165,984 | [5] |
| 31 Mar 2013 | 1,078,384 | 1,813,213 | [5] |
| 31 Mar 2014 | 1,828,524 | 2,174,492 | [5] |
| 31 Mar 2015 | 1,345,536 | 2,200,244 | [5] |
| 31 Mar 2016 | 3,180,740 | 1,810,926 | [5] |
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[10]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants £2,018,000 (183 grants). The Israel share is not stated.[2]
Israeli partners
Not named. A wholly owned subsidiary, Brisden Properties Limited (property investment), donated £Nil (2024: £180,000).[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 – recipients are not named.[2] | Low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated; grants are categorised as education, religion, medical, disability and poverty relief.[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;[11] 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.[12][13][14][15] 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.[16]
- Recipients not published. The accounts state: "A full list of grants is available upon request." No recipient is named.[2]
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).[17] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[18]
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.[19]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[20]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages 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.[21]
Land and property
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[22] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[23]
- Register records land ownership; subsidiary Brisden Properties Limited (property investment and trading). CCOD hits for 'Dollond' relate to Dollond & Aitchison (unrelated optician business) and are excluded – Register + accounts (source: register + accounts)
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Dollond Charitable Trust' returned 0 contributions in total.[24]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 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".[4]
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 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, Dollond Charitable Trust (293459): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 293459, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 293459, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Register entry 293459, financial history (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Dollond Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Dollond Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Dollond Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Dollond Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Dollond Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ 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-3 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-3 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Dollond Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-293459 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). Batch-3 screening covered 409 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive) and Companies House officers of the 12 charitable companies; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually; lists downloaded October 2026. (Corrected 14 October 2026: the first run omitted the 21 names found only on archived full-print pages; the re-screen found no match.)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) full extract, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers and registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Dollond Charitable Trust' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).