Tzedakah

Analysis

Tzedakah is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Tzedakah reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £30k to £12k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 803% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tzedakah 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 Speranza Trust (£12k), Allotment for Recreation (£12k) and Ayscough Court (£12k).

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.