Zarina Foundation

Analysis

Zarina Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Zarina Foundation reported income of £176k and spending of £177k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £206k to £176k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Zarina Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Barwell Baptist Trust (£176k), The Container Based Sanitation Alliance (£176k) and Truro Foodbank (£176k).