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THE MARJORIE & ARNOLD ZIFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 249368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I A ZIFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

To see a need and within its limited resources attempt to fill it. It is important that any gift made will provide value for the money donated and that it will benefit the widest number of people. Due to the scope of its activities, the charity can only be involved in a few projects, in which,usually, the Trustees are directly involved.

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

Latest income
£550k
Latest spending
£636k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,126,037, a decrease from the previous year's £6,755,277, driven by a net movement in funds of £(629,240). The trustees report that assets are unrestricted, available, and adequate to fulfil obligations, with no material uncertainties identified 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

Largest income source: Investments (40% of income)
“Dividend income 219,661”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient funds immediately available to meet the next three years' commitments (held: £6.1m)
“The Charity's policy of reserves is therefore to ensure that there are sufficient funds immediately available to meet the next three years' commitments and to ensure that reasonable expectations of income meet commitments beyond the next four years.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Macabbi GB
“During the year the Charity made a grant to Macabbi GB of £61,600, of which M A Ziff is a trustee.” — page 22
“During the year the Charity made grants to institutions of which E M Ziff is a trustee - Magen David Adom UK - £20,000” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Magen David Adom UK
“During the year the Charity made a grant to Macabbi GB of £61,600, of which M A Ziff is a trustee.” — page 22
“During the year the Charity made grants to institutions of which E M Ziff is a trustee - Magen David Adom UK - £20,000” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sopher + Co LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£550k
Total spending
£636k
Reserves (reported)
£6.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~115.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (51% 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: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£550k£636k
05/04/2024£428k£575k
05/04/2023£226k£322k
05/04/2022£215k£507k
05/04/2021£323k£391k

Common questions

Is THE MARJORIE & ARNOLD ZIFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,126,037, a decrease from the previous year's £6,755,277, driven by a net movement in funds of £(629,240). The trustees report that assets are unrestricted, available, and adequate to fulfil obligations, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sopher + Co LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD1£5k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ZAHA HADID FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MARJORIE & ARNOLD ZIFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION£550k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZAHA HADID FOUNDATION FY2025£9.2m——unclear—no doubt
STANLEY AND ZEA LEWIS FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£229k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt
THE HELPING FOUNDATION FY2024£34.8m—0above—no doubt
A Z H R CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£164k—0unclear—no doubt

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