Shirehall Tzedaka Company Limited

Analysis

Shirehall Tzedaka Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01567651). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shirehall Tzedaka Company Limited reported income of £657k and spending of £489k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.3m to £657k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shirehall Tzedaka Company Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bedford and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£656k), Barakat (£657k) and The Cowshed (£656k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 92% and donations and legacies 8.3%. Charitable activities took 22% of spending and raising funds 77%. Grants to other organisations totalled £103k. Reserves of £4.2m would cover about 101 months of spending at that rate.