Zongo Development Charity

Analysis

Zongo Development Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dudley. It was registered in June 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Zongo Development Charity reported income of £12k and spending of £6,000, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £350 to £12k (+3329%), an average of +486% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 871%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Zongo Development Charity sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sampimon Trust (£12k), Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire Freemasons Benevolent Fund (£12k) and The Trysil Charitable Trust (£12k).