The Friends of Care for the Needy, Jerusalem Charity Fund

Analysis

The Friends of Care for the Needy, Jerusalem Charity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of Care for the Needy, Jerusalem Charity Fund reported income of £18k and spending of £10k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £18k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Friends of Care for the Needy, Jerusalem Charity Fund sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dame Dorothy Legh's Charity (£18k), The Redeemed Christian Church Grace Chapel for All Nations (£18k) and Tabernacle Incorporated (£18k).