FRIENDS OF EZRA

Registered charity 1111593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EZRA, EZRA TRUST, EZRA YOUTH MOVEMENT, Ezra, Ezra Youth

Fundraising from individuals and organisations to enable the charity to have funds to make donations in accordance with its' objectives.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£737k
Latest spending
£750k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £134,436 to £121,217, driven by a net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £121,217 and reports no funds materially in deficit. The trustees declare that reserves are sufficient to meet liabilities arising in the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet any liabilities arising in the foreseeable future (held: £121k)
“The charity maintains reserves sufficient to meet any liabilities arising in the foreseeable future.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£737k
Total spending
£750k
Reserves (reported)
£121k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£737k£750k
31/03/2024£725k£773k
31/03/2023£758k£738k
31/03/2022£350k£398k
31/03/2021£110k£112k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF EZRA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £134,436 to £121,217, driven by a net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £121,217 and reports no funds materially in deficit. The trustees declare that reserves are sufficient to meet liabilities arising in the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF EZRA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF EZRA as a grant recipient include AHAVAT HESED UK.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AHAVAT HESED UKFY2022£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/05/2026£20kSafe Steps Forward

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF B'EZRI.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF EZRA£737k—0above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF B'EZRI FY2024£788k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF YAD EZRA VESHULAMIT FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF EZRAT YISRAEL KIRYAT SEFER FY2025£4.2m—0unclear—no doubt
EZRA CARE LIMITED FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHEVRAS EZRAS NITZROCHIM TRUST FY2024£196k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.