Plan Zheroes-The Zero Food Waste Heroes

Analysis

Plan Zheroes-The Zero Food Waste Heroes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Plan Zheroes-The Zero Food Waste Heroes reported income of £65k and spending of £130k, spending 200% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £288k to £65k (-77%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Plan Zheroes-The Zero Food Waste Heroes 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 Pay & Employment Rights Service (Yorkshire) Limited (£65k), The Krikorian Charitable Trust (£65k) and Bristol Baptist Fund (£65k).

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.