Zimkids

Analysis

Zimkids is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 company (Companies House number 06510122). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Zimkids reported income of £90k and spending of £92k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £78k to £90k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Zimkids sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start York (£90k), Ransom Church of God Universal Fellowship (£90k) and Basildon Hospital and Community League of Friends (£90k).