ZARACH

Registered charity 1179539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We receive referrals through our network of schools. We deliver a bed bundle for every child in the household that requires it; this includes a brand-new Bed, Mattress, Duvet, Pillow, Bed Sheets, Pyjamas and Hygiene Kit. We work with local partners to include Food Parcels and, if needed, a school uniform. We can also mediate between families and their support services, as well as making referrals.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit for the eight-month period, drawing down from unrestricted reserves to support increased activity. However, the trustees report that free reserves of £864,699 remain within their stated policy target of four to six months of operational expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thomas Coombs Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2024/25)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Zarach (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Andy Peers — Chief Executive (source)
• Bex Wilson — Co-Chair of Trustees (source)
• Sarah Beevers — Co-Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 14.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GAVIN GREEN
• Martin John Barkley
• REBEKAH WILSON
• Robert Hall
• Sarah Beevers
• Siobhan Elizabeth Hammond

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

Operates in: Calderdale · Havering · Kirklees · Leeds City · Liverpool City · Stockport

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNIFORM EXCHANGE.

• UNIFORM EXCHANGE income £287k
• THE FASHION & TEXTILE CHILDREN'S TRUST income £402k
• ZARINA FOUNDATION income £176k
• THE COWSHED income £656k
• FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD income £2.3m
• CHILDREN OF ADAM income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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