Yishaya Adler Memorial Fund

Analysis

Yishaya Adler Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Yishaya Adler Memorial Fund reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.3m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Yishaya Adler Memorial Fund sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good Shepherd Sisters GB CIO (£3.3m), Charitworth Limited (£3.3m) and St Patrick's Missionary Society UK (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £119k. Reserves of £276k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.