Shlomo Memorial Fund Limited

Analysis

Shlomo Memorial Fund Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01393121). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Shlomo Memorial Fund Limited reported income of £14.6m and spending of £15.9m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £10.8m to £14.6m (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shlomo Memorial Fund Limited sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chester Diocesan Board of Finance (£14.5m), The Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance (£14.6m) and Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Board of Finance (£14.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 61% and trading 38%. Charitable activities took 20% of spending and raising funds 47%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.1m. Reserves of £65.7m would cover about 49 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

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.