The Zecharia Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Zecharia Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Zecharia Charitable Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £86k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £58k to £55k (-4.7%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Zecharia Charitable Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transformational Enterprise Network (£55k), Park Community Action (£55k) and House of Grace Witham (£55k).