Zichron Yecheskel Trust (Zyt)

Analysis

Zichron Yecheskel Trust (Zyt) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Zichron Yecheskel Trust (Zyt) reported income of £79k and spending of £140k, spending 177% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £105k to £79k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Zichron Yecheskel Trust (Zyt) sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Firstfruit Ventures (£79k), The Workwell Trust (£79k) and West Kent Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain (£79k).

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.