Highfield Charitable Trust

Highfield Charitable Trust, established by trust deed on 21 November 1995, is a discreet grant-making charity governed solely by two trustees, Caroline Lois Dembovsky and Mark Jeremy Dembovsky. Its core mission centers on relieving poverty and sickness while advancing the Jewish religion, primarily through supporting Jewish education and welfare initiatives for people of Jewish ethnic or racial origin. With no employees or public-facing vision statements, the trust embodies a conservative, targeted philanthropy, deploying modest annual resources—around £197,000 in expenditure for 2023—flexibly toward core costs and project work in these focused areas, occasionally extending rare grants to individuals.

The trust prioritizes charities delivering Jewish education and community welfare, emphasizing beneficiary support within the Jewish community rather than broader causes. It favors small to medium-sized organizations aligned with its religious and educational objects, with grants typically funding operational and programmatic needs in these niches.

Eligibility is strictly limited to UK-registered charities operating exclusively in Barnet, North London, with a Jewish-only focus; there is no preference for specific income levels, but funding concentrates on local entities. Unsolicited applications are not accepted—grants are awarded at trustees' discretion on a rolling basis, with no deadlines, forms, or open calls. Typical grants range from several thousand to low tens of thousands of pounds, reflecting variable but consistent patterns without published minimums or maximums.

Distinctive for its hyper-localized, specialist scope eschewing publicity, strategies, or impact reports, Highfield stands apart as a quietly operated funder ideal for Barnet-based Jewish charities, excluding national bodies, non-Jewish causes, or operations outside its geographic remit.