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ZIMKIDS

Registered charity 1127069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relieving poverty:- emergency food, clothing, medical treatment; improving accommodation; personal support.Promoting self-sufficiency:- training in self-provision methods especially for food; resources; managing finance; practical skills. Enhancing life:- finance, materials & instruction for school and F.E.; inspiring hope; recreation; teaching values for living; teaching Christian faith.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£90k
Latest spending
£92k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £22,909 to £20,490 due to a net expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern, with budgeted income and expenditure sufficient to cover the level of reserves held.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 16.1% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“In the period ended 31 March 2025, Zimkids raised a total of £89,636 through donations and grants in the UK.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: no operation need, other than to cover operational costs, and for the income from investments to meet the needs of a predicted annual budget (held: £20k)
“As a charity, which relies solely on donations to help individuals identified by Zimkids, there is no operation need, other than to cover operational costs, and for the income from investments to meet the needs of a predicted annual budget.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£90k£92k
31/03/2024£80k£94k
31/03/2023£94k£93k
31/03/2022£80k£78k
31/03/2021£78k£84k

Common questions

Is ZIMKIDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £22,909 to £20,490 due to a net expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern, with budgeted income and expenditure sufficient to cover the level of reserves held. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ZIMKIDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ZIMKIDS as a grant recipient include WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELANDFY2024£50kSingle Institutional Project Grants
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITYFY2024£4k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£2k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELANDFY2025£0Single institutional project grants