Peires Family Foundation
Peires family trust in Mill Hill banking in the Isle of Man and giving about £105,000 a year to unnamed recipients
| Peires Family Foundation
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2006-07-13 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1115312 |
| Headquarters | Mill Hill, London NW7 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel, South Africa |
The Peires Family Foundation was established by a trust deed of 2 May 2006 and registered on 13 July 2006; register areas are England and Wales, Israel and South Africa.[1] Its trustees are Roy Leslie Peires, Susan Peires and Colin Brian Greenwood, with a principal office in Mill Hill, London NW7; the bankers are Barclays Bank plc in Douglas, Isle of Man, and the independent examiner is Phillip P Smulovitch of Hallswelle House, London NW11 (PDF p.3).[1][2] It funds Jewish communities and the promotion of the Jewish faith worldwide, and medical research and healthcare, and has no paid employees (PDF p.4). In the year to 5 April 2025 income was £120,000 (2024: £100,000), spending £108,437 (2024: £134,751) and funds £19,658 (PDF p.5, 7).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITIES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Fund and support 1. Jewish communities throughout the world. 2. The promotion of the Jewish faith worldwide. 3. Medical research and healthcare provision worldwide."[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, South Africa.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Brian Greenwood | not recorded | — | |
| Susan Peires | not recorded | — | |
| Roy Leslie Peires | not recorded | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-20 | Peter Phillip Smulovitch; Roy Leslie Peires; Samuel Peires; Colin Brian Greenwood; Marilyn Lesley Smulovitch; Susan Peires Peter | [3] |
| 2011-01-20 | Peter Phillip Smulovitch; Roy Leslie Peires; Samuel Peires; Colin Brian Greenwood; Marilyn Lesley Smulovitch; Susan Peires Peter | [4] |
| 2021-01-15 | Susan Peires; Colin Brian Greenwood; Roy Leslie Peires | [5] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-05 | £25,124 | £163,055 |
| 2022-04-05 | £150,000 | £117,890 |
| 2023-04-05 | £125,000 | £116,855 |
| 2024-04-05 | £100,000 | £134,751 |
| 2025-04-05 | £120,000 | £108,437 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)
| Financial year end | Income (£) | Spending (£) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Apr 2007 | 400,000 | 216,664 | [6] |
| 05 Apr 2008 | 603,471 | 688,691 | [6] |
| 05 Apr 2009 | 521,810 | 599,129 | [6] |
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2014[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[11]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 donations paid £105,289 (2024: £131,600); the accounts name no recipients and do not mention Israel, although Israel is a register area (PDF p.11).[2][1]
Israeli partners
No 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]
- Donations presented as fundraising costs; recipients not named. The £105,289 (2024: £131,600) of donations paid is shown as "Costs of raising donations and legacies – Donations", leaving only £3,148 of governance costs under charitable activities, and no recipient is named (PDF p.7, 11).[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, 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 for the charity's name returned Companies House filing lists and notices about unrelated companies with a director named Peires, none of which was established to concern this charity; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[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.[1] No title registers were purchased.[23]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Peires Family Foundation", "Peires" 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".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, Peires Family Foundation (1115312): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 1115312, contact and trustees (capture of 20110120) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1115312, contact and trustees (capture of 20110120) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1115312, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Register entry 1115312, financial history (capture of 20110120) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Peires Family Foundation accounts, year ended 2014-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Peires Family Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Peires Family Foundation accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Peires Family Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Peires Family Foundation accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 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-16 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)"; Halacha Lemoshe Trust showed "up to date (8 days late)", The Josh Charitable Trust "up to date (140 days late)" and The Pauline Aviges-Graham Foundation "up to date (34 days late)"; Songbrook Limited, Shekel Limited and Refeeah Trust 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-16 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-16 charity names returned no matching charity).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Peires Family Foundation' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1115312 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-16 screening covered 247 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 Miller, Shah, Weinberg and Rapoport) or the generic words "UK", "Ltd" and "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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 "Peires Family Foundation" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).