The Community Action Trust for Those Suffering Poverty in Zimbabwe

Analysis

The Community Action Trust for Those Suffering Poverty in Zimbabwe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cinderford. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Community Action Trust for Those Suffering Poverty in Zimbabwe reported income of £31k and spending of £33k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £31k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Community Action Trust for Those Suffering Poverty in Zimbabwe sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reaching Romania (£31k), Dashmash Sikh Temple (£31k) and Caistor Village Hall (£31k).

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.