UK Friends of Yad Yisroel Incorporating Sponsor a Meal Foundation

Analysis

UK Friends of Yad Yisroel Incorporating Sponsor a Meal Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2005, 21 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, UK Friends of Yad Yisroel Incorporating Sponsor a Meal Foundation reported income of £580k and spending of £587k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £589k to £580k (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 496%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, UK Friends of Yad Yisroel Incorporating Sponsor a Meal Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Welsh Guards Charity (£580k), Sophie Hayes Foundation (£581k) and Ngoko Charitable Trust (£579k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £365k. Reserves of £11k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.