Williams Family Charitable Trust
Cambridge-administered family trust, with a Rathbone-managed fund valued at £1,441,638, that distributed £37,250 in 2024 to unnamed, mainly Jewish, organisations; its 2025 accounts have not been received
| Williams Family Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 1968-03-25 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 255452 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge CB4 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
| Key people | Barry Landy (chair) |
The Williams Family Charitable Trust was established by a trust deed of 17 November 1959 (the accounts give 16 November 1959), made by the late Walter Nathan Williams, and registered on 25 March 1968; its principal address is care of Barry Landy in Cambridge CB4.[1][2] Its income is applied for such charitable purposes as the trustees select, and the register says "the majority of donations are made to Jewish medical educational religious and welfare organisations and for the relief of poverty"; the register lists England and Wales and Israel as areas of operation.[1] The register lists the trustees as Rabbi Shimon Bension, Arnon Levy, Barry Landy and Dr Aron Landy; the accounts refer to the trustees "as declared on the Charity Commission website" (PDF p.1).[3][2] The latest available accounts, for 2024, show dividends and interest of £55,633 and distributions of £37,250 (2023: £55,100); since 1 January 2016 Rathbones has managed most of the endowment "with instructions to raise the interest to a target of 5 % at low risk", and the Rathbone fund was valued at £1,441,638 (PDF p.2–4).[2] The 2025 annual return, received on 15 September 2026, shows income of £56,996 and spending of £102,836, but the 2025 accounts are recorded as not yet received.[1]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "INCOME TO BE APPLIED FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SELECT."[3]
The register describes its activities as: "The objects of the charity are to apply the income in perpetuity for such purposes as the trustees in theirabsolute discretion think fit.The majority of donations are made to Jewish medical educational religious and welfare organisations and for the relief of poverty."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shimon Bension | not recorded | — | |
| Arnon Levy | not recorded | — | |
| Barry Landy | not recorded | Yes | Cambridge Jewish Chaplaincy Board (1089484); Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust (254318); The Barry and Francis Landy Charitable Trust (282011); The Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation Trust (282849) |
| Aron Landy | 2022-10-24 | Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust (254318); The Barry and Francis Landy Charitable Trust (282011) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-05 | Barry Landy; Arnon Levy; Shimon Bension | [4] |
| 2021-01-15 | Shimon Bension; Barry Landy (chair) – also trustee of Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust, Cambridge Jewish Chaplaincy Board, The Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation Trust, The Barry and Francis Landy Charitable Trust; Arnon Levy | [5] |
Barry Landy is also a register trustee of Cambridge Jewish Chaplaincy Board (1089484), the Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust (254318), the Barry and Francis Landy Charitable Trust (282011) and the Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation Trust (282849); Dr Aron Landy of the two Landy trusts.[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £46,144 | £38,625 |
| 2022-12-31 | £51,016 | £35,929 |
| 2023-12-31 | £53,125 | £57,159 |
| 2024-12-31 | £55,633 | £38,510 |
| 2025-12-31 | £56,996 | £102,836 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
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[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2019[11]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; the accounts name no recipient (PDF p.3).[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named.[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 |
|---|---|
| No place in Israel 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;[12] 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.[13][14][15][16] 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.[17]
- Recipients not named. The accounts name no recipient of the £37,250 in distributions (PDF p.3).[2]
- 2025 accounts outstanding. The register shows the 2025 annual return received but the accounts "not yet received".[1]
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).[18] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[19]
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.[20]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[21]
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.[22]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[23]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Williams Family Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[24]
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]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charity Commission, The Williams Family Charitable Trust (255452): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 (accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 shown as "Accounts not yet received").
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, The Williams Family Charitable Trust (255452): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; accounts for the year to 31 December 2024 downloaded 16 October 2026 – the 2025 accounts were shown as "Accounts not yet received" ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Register entry 255452, contact and trustees (capture of 20180105) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 255452, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Williams Family Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Williams Family Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Williams Family Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Williams Family Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Williams Family Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Williams Family Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2019-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ 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-21 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" and the J S and N Hodari Charitable Trust "Charity reporting is up to date (33 days late)"; the other four (Friends of the Israel Aged, Eizer Le'Zedoko, Truevine Christians International and the Olive Tree Reconciliation Fund) showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-21 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-21 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Williams Family Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-255452 360Giving, queried 16 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-21 screening covered 246 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, 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 Levy, Cohen, Phillips, Smith) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Trust, International).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Williams Family Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).