The Rabbi Benzion Rakow Memorial Fund

Analysis

The Rabbi Benzion Rakow Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rabbi Benzion Rakow Memorial Fund reported income of £13k and spending of £9,701, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,905 to £13k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Rabbi Benzion Rakow Memorial Fund sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barber's Relief in Need Charity (£13k), Harvey's Charity, Known As the Feoffees Estate (£13k) and Multi Organ Transplant Support: M.o.t.s (£13k).