UK Friends of Ahavas Chesed

Analysis

UK Friends of Ahavas Chesed is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, UK Friends of Ahavas Chesed reported income of £759k and spending of £749k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £552k to £759k (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, UK Friends of Ahavas Chesed sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Old Ben Homes Limited (£758k), God's Vineyard Ministries (£760k) and All Nations Christian Centre (Wolverhampton) (£758k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £731k. Reserves of £169k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.