Kalev Gemach Limited

Analysis

Kalev Gemach Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1986, 40 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 01873929). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kalev Gemach Limited reported income of £38k and spending of £47k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £40k to £38k (-6.2%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kalev Gemach Limited sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Revival Chapel (£37k), First Growth (£38k) and The Chalke-Cueibet Partnership Trust (£37k).

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.