Ashkelon Foundation

Analysis

Ashkelon Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05210204). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ashkelon Foundation reported income of £206k and spending of £366k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £462k to £206k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ashkelon Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One for the World (Oftw) (£206k), Ministerio Palavra Genuina-Christ Apostolic Church Limited (£206k) and The Poverty and Environment Trust (£206k).