Zambesi Mission

Analysis

Zambesi Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Zambesi Mission reported income of £428k and spending of £255k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £298k to £428k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Zambesi Mission sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chronicle Sunshine Fund (£427k), New Chapters (£428k) and Education Futures Trust (£427k).