The Shaarei Chesed Trust

Analysis

The Shaarei Chesed Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Shaarei Chesed Trust reported income of £161k and spending of £158k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £66k to £161k (+143%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Shaarei Chesed Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Winners Assembly Brixton (£161k), Community Awareness Programme (£161k) and A Call to Business (£161k).