Fitzroy Foundation
North London grant-making trust, two of whose three trustees are chartered accountants, with no accounts available after the year to September 2020; the register says its reporting is "overdue by 1539 days"
| Fitzroy Foundation
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 1993-09-17 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1026139 |
| Headquarters | Craven Park Road, London N15 (register) |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel, United States |
Fitzroy Foundation is a charitable trust constituted by a declaration of trust of 11 August 1993 and registered on 17 September 1993; its register address is in Craven Park Road, London N15, and its areas of operation are "Throughout London", Israel and the United States.[1][2][3] Its activities are described as "To or for the benefit of any charitable object or purpose in Europe, United Kingdom or Worldwide."[1] The trustees, all appointed on 11 August 1993, are Stephen Sacks FCA, Hilary Sacks and Michael Schachter FCA.[2] The latest figures on the register are for the year to 30 September 2020: income £33,776 and spending £18,184.[1] The register shows the annual returns and accounts for the years to 30 September 2021 to 2025 as overdue, and the charity's reporting as "overdue by 1539 days".[1] The archived accounts for the year to 30 September 2017 say that "Monies are raised by way of Charitable Donations received from the Trustees or Companies under their control" and that support goes "substantially to other UK Registered Charities"; that year donations and legacies were £38,095 in the statement of financial activities and £37,295 in note 2, and grants £37,988, of which 129 grants totalling £29,038 were not named.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE"[2]
The register describes its activities as: ""To or for the benefit of any charitable object or purpose in Europe, United Kingdom or Worldwide.""[2]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[2]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel, United States.[2]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[2]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Schachter | 1993-08-11 | — | |
| Stephen Sacks | 1993-08-11 | — | |
| Hilary Sacks | 1993-08-11 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-16 | Stephen Sacks (from 11 August 1993); Hilary Sacks (from 11 August 1993); Michael Schachter (from 11 August 1993) | [4] |
The 2017 accounts were examined by F.S. Lachman, Chartered Accountants, of London NW11, and give the trustees as S.H. Sacks, Mrs. H.J. Sacks and M. Schachter.[3] The register address is the same building in Craven Park Road as that of Shears & Partners Limited, whose Stephen Sacks FCA examines the accounts of The Harlea Charitable Trust (327324).[2][5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-30 | £33,776 | £18,184 (latest figures held in the charity record; no annual-return history in the extract) |
Source: register annual-return history.[2]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2014[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2016[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2017[8]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 30 September 2017: grants of £37,988 – education £8,858, general £10,467, relief of poverty £4,276, religious institutions £9,386 and welfare £4,961. Named grantees: Beis Trana School of London Ltd (6 grants, £3,850) and Yad Shlomo Trust (5 grants, £5,100); 129 grants totalling £29,038 were described as immaterial and not named. No recipient in Israel is named.[3]
- No accounts for later years are available.[9]
Israeli partners
No Israeli recipient is named. The register lists Israel among the charity's areas of operation.[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 in the register entry or the archived 2017 accounts.[1][3] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the register entry or the archived 2017 accounts.[1][3]
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;[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15]
- Overdue reporting. The register shows no annual return or accounts for the five years to 30 September 2021–2025 and says reporting is "overdue by 1539 days"; no regulatory alert is shown.[1][10]
- Income figures differ (2017). The 2017 accounts give donations and legacies of £38,095 in the statement of financial activities but £37,295 (donations £33,430 and Gift Aid £3,865) in note 2.[3]
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).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]
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.[18]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]
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.[20]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[2] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[21]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Fitzroy Foundation" returned 0 contributions in total.[22]
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".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Charity Commission, Fitzroy Foundation (1026139): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Charity Commission, Fitzroy Foundation: accounts for the year to 30 September 2017 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 08/01/2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1026139, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Charity Commission, The Harlea Charitable Trust (327324): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; accounts for the year to 31 December 2024, downloaded 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Fitzroy Foundation accounts, year ended 2014-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Fitzroy Foundation accounts, year ended 2016-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Fitzroy Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Fitzroy Foundation (1026139): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities, viewed 16 October 2026 (no accounts document was available to download; the register shows the accounts for the years to 30 September 2021–2025 as overdue, and the archived 2017 accounts are cited instead).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 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-25 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
- ↑ 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-25 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-25 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Fitzroy Foundation' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1026139 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-25 screening covered 459 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, every person and organisation linked in the profiles, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of the related companies Renco Properties, Conlatuse and Landmead; the only hits were generic words (the word "QA" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 "Fitzroy Foundation" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).