Bikur Cholim and Gemiluth Chesed Trust

Analysis

Bikur Cholim and Gemiluth Chesed Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bikur Cholim and Gemiluth Chesed Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.3m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bikur Cholim and Gemiluth Chesed Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swan (Southern Women's Aid Network) (£1.3m), Quaker Social Action (£1.4m) and St Clement & St James Community Development Project (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 7.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate.