Zedek

Analysis

Zedek is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Zedek reported income of £23k and spending of £64k, spending 281% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £78k to £23k (-71%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Zedek sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tideswell and District Community Association (£23k), The David Fenton 1989 Charitable Trust (£23k) and Churchill Village Hall (£23k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.