# HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1109348
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05415454](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05415454)
- **Registered:** May 6, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1109348


## Contact

- **Address:** HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY TRUST, PO BOX 61074, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1P 5BX
- **Phone:** 020 7785 7029
- **Email:** enquiries@hmd.org.uk
- **Website:** www.hmd.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE MENTAL AND MORAL IMPROVEMENT OF MANKIND BY:(A) COMMEMORATING AND REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST (THE PERSECUTION AND MASS MURDER OF 6 MILLION JEWS BY THE NAZIS AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES DURING THE PERIOD 1933-45) AND THE VICTIMS OF THE PERSECUTION AND MURDER THAT RESULTED FROM THE TARGETING OF OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE BY NAZI RACE POLICIES - INCLUDING ROMA, SINTI, BLACK PEOPLE, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE, LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE AND MANY OF THE SLAVIC PEOPLES - BY THE PROMOTION ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF PURPOSE (SCHEDULE 1) AND STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT (SCHEDULE 2);(B) PROMOTING A PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF THE EXERCISE AND PROTECTION OF THOSE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH CONSTITUTE FREEDOM FROM GENOCIDE, TORTURE, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT, SLAVERY AND UNLAWFUL FORCED LABOUR, THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, CONSCIENCE, EXPRESSION AND RELIGION AND THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM FROM PERSECUTION; AND(C) PROMOTING HARMONY BETWEEN COMMUNITIES INCLUDING RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY.4.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ALSO OF THE PERSECUTION AND MURDER OF OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE AS PART OF NAZI RACE POLICIES TOGETHER WITH THE CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF SUCH EVENTS.4.3 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION BY RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF RACISM AND PREJUDICE IN SOCIETY INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST AND SUBSEQUENT ACTS OF SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION IN PARTICULAR THOSE LEADING TO GENOCIDE.

**Activities:** Promotion of and support for commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day, in order to promote harmony across different cultures, backgrounds and faiths; education in the history of the Holocaust and of Nazi persecution; education in the history of subsequent genocides; elimination of discrimination on grounds of race, disability, sexual orientation or religion.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Sir Sajid Javid** | Chair | July 8, 2025 |
| BRIAN MARKESON |  | Sept. 17, 2024 |
| David Ashley |  | July 17, 2019 |
| David Austin |  | July 19, 2022 |
| Dawn Waterman |  | July 8, 2025 |
| Dr Linda Asquith |  | July 8, 2025 |
| Joan Salter |  | July 19, 2022 |
| Julian Blake |  | Oct. 16, 2024 |
| MICHAEL HENRY MARX |  | July 23, 2018 |
| Paul Giannasi |  | July 19, 2022 |
| Phil Rosenberg |  | July 16, 2024 |
| Professor Dame Robina Shah |  | Sept. 18, 2025 |
| SIR LEIGH LEWIS |  | July 17, 2017 |




