Adopt a Kollel

Analysis

Adopt a Kollel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in October 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Adopt a Kollel reported income of £18k and spending of £22k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £13k to £18k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Adopt a Kollel sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seed Malawi (£18k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God-Power Station Parish (£18k) and 44ad (£18k).