David Cohen Charitable Trust 1982

The David Cohen Charitable Trust 1982, also known as the Isaac Cohen Charitable Trust 1982, is an unincorporated family trust established by deed on 29 March 1982 (charity number 284594), governed by a small group of predominantly Cohen family trustees who exercise absolute discretion over all funding decisions. With a generalist mission to support any charitable purposes or institutions at the trustees' sole judgement, it eschews thematic restrictions, strategic plans, or public priorities, operating as a private, low-profile philanthropic vehicle funded by donations and investments, with modest annual expenditures of £58,000–£103,000 directed entirely to grants.

It funds a broad spectrum of charitable activities without specified causes, beneficiary groups, project types, or geographic priorities beyond its UK base (principally England and Wales), offering flexibility for core costs, projects, or capital as trustees deem fit—though no public records detail recipients, patterns, or impact, emphasizing privacy over transparency.

Eligibility is undefined, with no criteria for entity type, income size, or organizational scale; applicants must be UK-based charities pursuing lawful charitable aims. However, the trust does not accept unsolicited applications, provide guidelines, forms, or processes, and operates without deadlines, funding rounds, or meeting schedules—approaches succeed only via trustee initiative.

Distinctively opaque and non-institutional, it avoids formal programmes, case studies, or outcomes reporting, differentiating it as a trustee-driven, invitation-only funder unsuitable for proactive seekers but potentially aligned for UK charities open to discretionary, general-purpose support without application channels or assured responsiveness.