Ratanben Zaverchand Kara Foundation

Analysis

Ratanben Zaverchand Kara Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Ratanben Zaverchand Kara Foundation reported income of £162k and spending of £59k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £74k to £162k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ratanben Zaverchand Kara Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vital Projects (£162k), Justice First Limited (£162k) and Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash Gemach Fund (£162k).