Tikva UK

Analysis

Tikva UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08323156). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tikva UK reported income of £5.1m and spending of £5.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.3m to £5.1m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tikva UK sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 National Learning and Work Institute (£5.1m), Empower Community Foundation (£5.1m) and Shulem B. Association Limited (£5.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 6.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.5m. Reserves of £251k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.