Emes Foundation

Analysis

Emes Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08906964). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Emes Foundation reported income of £396k and spending of £356k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £282k to £396k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Emes Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beis Hamedrash Hechodosh (£396k), New Life Church, Crouch Valley (£396k) and West Itchen Community Trust Limited (£396k).