Shema Beni

Analysis

Shema Beni is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Shema Beni reported income of £425k and spending of £437k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £138k to £425k (+207%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shema Beni sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Prophetic Voice (£425k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Catford (Southend) and Downham (£425k) and Al Akram Trust (£425k).