Rabbi Z Michael Memorial Fund

Analysis

Rabbi Z Michael Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rabbi Z Michael Memorial Fund reported income of £105k and spending of £108k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £166k to £105k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rabbi Z Michael Memorial Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charities Administered in Connection with the Unaffiliated Congregational Churches (£105k), The Gateway Church - Newcastle (£105k) and West Bridgford Baptist Church (£105k).

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.