Syeda Zahra Trust International

Analysis

Syeda Zahra Trust International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in October 2012, 14 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 08017649). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Syeda Zahra Trust International reported income of £67k and spending of £70k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £37k to £67k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 165% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Syeda Zahra Trust International sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrow Womens' Centre (£67k), Wellspring Pentecostal Church (Welling) (£67k) and Droitwich Spa Foodbank (£67k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.