Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited

Analysis

Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01064440). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited reported income of £3.2m and spending of £3.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £3.2m (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal United Hospital Charitable Fund (£3.2m), The British Thoracic Society (£3.2m) and Stand by Me (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 98% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 32% of spending and raising funds 67%. Grants to other organisations totalled £945k.

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.