Practical Compassion for Destitute Children

From Powerbase
Revision as of 10:07, 16 October 2026 by Israel Charity Bot (talk | contribs) (New profile: UK charity operating in Israel (batch 15))
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Tyneside Christian charity paying Christian-school fees for destitute children "in the lands of the Bible"

Practical Compassion for Destitute Children

Type Other
Founded 1999-07-15 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1076588
Headquarters Throckley NE15
Area served Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Key people Richard Brian Hill (chair)
Website http://www.pcdcuk.com


Practical Compassion for Destitute Children (PCDC) was established by a declaration of trust of 22 November 1998 (amended 1999 and 2002) and registered on 15 July 1999; register areas are Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.[1][2] Its trustees are Rev Richard Brian Hill (chair), Rev Malcolm Stuart Jones, James Peter Kenyon and Rev Barbara Mary McNamara, with a principal address in Throckley NE15 (OCR, PDF p.2).[1][2] Its objects are the relief of children under 18 (exceptionally under 25) "living in the lands of the Bible" who are destitute and "in the care of Christian homes or attending Christian schools" (OCR, PDF p.2). In the year to 31 August 2025 income was £130,495 and spending £106,286 (2024: £162,526), of which £105,025 was support for destitute children and young people; since it began, it has raised more than £3,064,000 (OCR, PDF p.3–4, 6).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 (OR IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES YOUNG PEOPLE OVER 18 BUT UNDER 25) WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE"[1]

The register describes its activities as: "PCDC provides relief for children under the age of 25 years, most of whom are under 18years. Children are sponsored with a contribution paid towards Christian school fees. Medical provision is provided in exceptional cases. Contributions are focused for children in destitute need; the death of one or both parents, abandonment by relatives, family break-down, illness, or mental/physical handicap."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories.[1]

Trustees

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

Trustees of Practical Compassion for Destitute Children (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Malcolm Stuart Jones not recorded —
James Peter Kenyon not recorded —
Barbara Mary McNamara 2019-06-13 —
Richard Brian Hill 2021-08-18 Yes —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-20 Fred Holmes; Jacqueline Rainford Kathleen Todd Malcolm Jones James Kenyon Geoff Harris John Rainford [3]
2011-09-27 Fred Holmes; Jacqueline Rainford Kathleen Todd Malcolm Jones James Kenyon Geoff Harris; Ian Mills [4]
2021-01-14 Malcolm Stuart Jones – also trustee of Rotary Club of Longbenton With Killingworth Trust Fund; Jonathan Andrew Shave (from 01 October 2016); James Peter Kenyon; Peter Geoffrey Thompson (chair) (from 29 June 2016); Heather Ince (from 11 October 2019); Geoff Harris; Barbara Mary McNamara (from 13 June 2019); jILL Cannings (from 29 November 2017) – also trustee of The Mothers' Union Diocese of Peterborough [5]
2021-07-06 Jonathan Andrew Shave (from 01 October 2016); Malcolm Stuart Jones – also trustee of Rotary Club of Longbenton With Killingworth Trust Fund; James Peter Kenyon; Peter Geoffrey Thompson (chair) (from 29 June 2016); Heather Ince (from 11 October 2019); Barbara Mary McNamara (from 13 June 2019); Geoff Harris; jILL Cannings (from 29 November 2017) – also trustee of The Mothers' Union Diocese of Peterborough [6]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-08-31 £153,247 £116,739
2022-08-31 £145,980 £136,925
2023-08-31 £108,218 £142,004
2024-08-31 £112,661 £162,526
2025-08-31 £130,495 £106,286

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 31/12/2006[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2007[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2008[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2009[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2010[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[16]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 support for destitute children and young people £105,025; the register says children are sponsored through contributions to Christian school fees, with medical provision. The accounts name no places or partners (OCR, PDF p.6).[2][1]

Israeli partners

No partner is named in the accounts.[2] A 2022 capture of the charity's website says it "works with children in crisis in Palestine".[17]

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
The charity's website (2022) says it works with children "in Palestine" – support for Palestinian children, not settlements; no town or school is named, so the location is not established.[17] Low

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;[18] 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.[19][20][21][22] 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.[23]
  • Figures differ. The report says £130,100 was raised and free reserves rose to £91,050, while the statement of financial activities shows income of £130,495 and funds of £91,445 (OCR, PDF p.3–4).[2] The latest filing was received 2 days late.[18]

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, searched by name).[24] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[25]

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.[26]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[27]

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.[28]

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.[29]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Practical Compassion for Destitute Children" returned 0 contributions in total.[30]

Web archive

  • pcdcuk.com: 5 yearly captures, first 2022-03-07, last 2026-04-14.[31]

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]

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, Practical Compassion for Destitute Children (1076588): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1076588, contact and trustees (capture of 20100720) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1076588, contact and trustees (capture of 20110927) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1076588, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 1076588, full print (capture of 20210706) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2006-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110927).
  8. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2007-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110927).
  9. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2008-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110927).
  10. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2009-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110927).
  11. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2010-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110927).
  12. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  13. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  14. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  15. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  16. ↑ Practical Compassion for Destitute Children accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Practical Compassion for Destitute Children, PCDC home page Wayback Machine, capture of 7 March 2022 ("works with children in crisis in Palestine"; children "are given tailored funding towards their schooling, as well as prayer support and practical help").
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 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 each of the 25 batch-15 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; The Kolel Limited showed "up to date (85 days late)" and Practical Compassion for Destitute Children "up to date (2 days late)"; Lionel Black Charitable Trust, Friends of Horim Establishments Tel Aviv and Arad, Prayer for Israel (326132) and The Maurice Wohl Charitable Trust showed "Removed charity".
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  22. ↑ 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).
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
  24. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-15 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-15 charity names returned no matching charity; the only result, for "Donkey", was an unrelated Belfast organisation).
  26. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Practical Compassion for Destitute Children' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  27. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1076588 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  28. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-15 screening covered 227 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the three charitable companies and of J. E. Joseph Trustee Company Limited, directors of the dissolved Friends of Horim company (01966551), and trustees, executive-committee members, examiners and other people named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Hassan, Friedman, Cohen and Sabah) or the generic words "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.
  29. ↑ 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.
  30. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Practical Compassion for Destitute Children" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  31. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for pcdcuk.com Wayback Machine, queried 16 October 2026.
Retrieved from "https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Practical_Compassion_for_Destitute_Children&oldid=281975"