The Schapira Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Schapira Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Schapira Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £2,920, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £57k to £13k (-77%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 1463% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Schapira Charitable Trust sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God - the Rose of Sharon (£13k), His Way Christian Ministries (£14k) and Sindhi Association of United Kingdom (£13k).