Zamcog

Analysis

Zamcog is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07184854). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Zamcog reported income of £179k and spending of £138k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £230k to £179k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Zamcog sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sikh Society of Milton Keynes (£179k), Irish Network Stevenage (£179k) and Billingshurst Family Church (£178k).