The Yom Tov Assistance Fund

Analysis

The Yom Tov Assistance Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Yom Tov Assistance Fund reported income of £182k and spending of £196k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £161k to £182k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Yom Tov Assistance Fund sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Day Church (South Ribble) (£182k), Cambridge Presbyterian Church (£182k) and Ease Empowering Action and Social Esteem Limited (£181k).