The Israel Lazarus Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Israel Lazarus Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Israel Lazarus Charitable Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £146k, spending 428% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £39k to £34k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 408% 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 Israel Lazarus Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Todmorden Ltd (£34k), The David Fryer Charitable Trust (£34k) and Miss Edith Mary Sage Charitable Trust (£34k).

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.