Yesai and Maria Mazmanian Foundation

Analysis

Yesai and Maria Mazmanian Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, 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 advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Yesai and Maria Mazmanian Foundation reported income of £17k and spending of £9,702, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,050 to £17k (+730%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1103%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Yesai and Maria Mazmanian Foundation sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Apostolic Grace Ministries (£17k), Christian International Community (£17k) and The Tom Lethaby Memorial Trust (£17k).