The Samuel & Leah Cohen Memorial Fund

Analysis

The Samuel & Leah Cohen Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Samuel & Leah Cohen Memorial Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £16k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £20k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Samuel & Leah Cohen Memorial Fund sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Disaster Relief Fund (£19k), Workspot Ministries Trust (£20k) and Emmaus Christian Fellowship Trust (£19k).