The Zahra Trust

Analysis

The Zahra Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06842695). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Zahra Trust reported income of £5.9m and spending of £4.8m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.0m to £5.9m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Zahra Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Girls Not Brides: the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage (£5.9m), Breckenbrough School Limited (£5.9m) and The Jabbs Foundation (£5.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.8m. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.