Zambian Gems

Analysis

Zambian Gems is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodstock. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Zambian Gems reported income of £30k and spending of £41k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £32k to £30k (-6.7%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Zambian Gems sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheadle New Life Church (£30k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God, the Kings Sanctuary (£30k) and Fatboy's (£30k).