THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 255496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITABLE TRUST OF 1965

The application of the trust fund and income there of for general charitable purposes.

Objects

1. ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES WHATSOEVER IN THE UK. 2. THE RELIEF OF AGED SICK IMPOTENT OR POOR PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 3. THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROPAGATION OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves decreased to £26,735 at 5 April 2025, following a net outgoing of £206,717 for the year. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory to continue making grants, citing substantial net assets and expected stable investment income. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Hacohen
• GERSHON DANIEL COHEN
• GIDEON LOUIS LAUFFER · trustee of 1 other charity
• JONATHAN SIMON LAUFFER · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL YAAKOV BEN-GERSHON

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

• M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £151k
• DR. VIVIAN CHILD CHARITABLE TRUST income £51k
• THE LUCY AND HENRY COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £23k
• D S COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £79k
• THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUST income £396k
• AREIVIM income £125k

Side by side with its peers

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