J & R Charitable Trust

The J & R Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales (number 1097875), established on 9 June 2003 and formerly known as Beis Hamedrash Pe'er Meshulem D'Tosh. Governed by three trustees—Sammy Landy, Rivko Fekete, and Jacob Fekete—it focuses on general charitable donations, with core objects centered on relieving poverty, advancing religion and religious education, and supporting education more broadly. Its mission emphasizes aid to individuals and organizations, particularly benefiting people of specific ethnic or racial origins, reflecting a faith-linked ethos without a public narrative on founding vision or explicit strategies.

The trust funds activities in general charitable purposes, poverty prevention and relief, education and training, and religious activities. It supports both individuals and UK charitable organizations through grants, with recent accounts showing £463,610 awarded to institutions in the year ending June 2024. Grants span England and Wales without geographic sub-restrictions, potentially including direct program elements via owned or leased property, though grant-making dominates.

Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities; there are no specified income thresholds, organizational size limits, or religious restrictions. However, it operates invite-only, with no public application process, forms, guidelines, deadlines, or funding rounds—approaches rely on trustee discretion. Typical grant ranges and meeting frequencies are unspecified. Distinctively, as a generalist faith-oriented trust, it avoids narrow themes or open calls, differentiating it from structured funders by prioritizing broad needs within its remit, such as ethnic community support, while maintaining strong governance like safeguarding and conflict policies.