Friends of Ezra

Analysis

Friends of Ezra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Ezra reported income of £737k and spending of £750k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £110k to £737k (+571%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of Ezra sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Pimlico St Peter with Westminster Christ Church (£737k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Leicester (£739k) and Immanuel London (£735k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86% and donations and legacies 8.5%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £121k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.