THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 274769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support charitable causes by making grants

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Latest income

£2.3m

Latest spending

£2.2m

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £2,201,809 at the year end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover donations and administration costs for the foreseeable future. The trustees confirmed that assets are available and adequate to fulfil obligations as they fall due, and the independent auditor reported 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

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure plus grant commitments (held: £2.2m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to at least three to six months' expenditure plus grant commitments.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 4

“Social equity grants in the year include £6,720 (2024: £12,000) to Stockport Women's Centre of which a related party of a trustee was a trustee during both the current and prior year. Grants to children and young people in the year include £28,000 to The King's Trust, of which a related party was an employee during the current year.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Barlow Andrews LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£2.3m

Total spending

£2.2m

Reserves (reported)

£2.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~11.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ARCHIBALD GRAHAM CALDER · trustee of 1 other charity
PAUL MILNER
Paul Done Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
Sophie Elizabeth Hill · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Lancashire · Manchester City · Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£2.3m	£2.2m
05/04/2024	£3.3m	£3.5m
05/04/2023	£4.1m	£4.3m
05/04/2022	£3.8m	£4.5m
05/04/2021	£3.7m	£3.5m

Common questions

Is THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £2,201,809 at the year end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover donations and administration costs for the foreseeable future. The trustees confirmed that assets are available and adequate to fulfil obligations as they fall due, and the independent auditor reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Barlow Andrews 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HELPING FOUNDATION	1	£3.8m
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD	1	£400k
ST ALDHELM'S CHAPEL TRUST	1	£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED.

BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED income £725k
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £267k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF EZRAT YISRAEL KIRYAT SEFER income £4.2m
ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.5m
SWIRE 2765 income £2.2m
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST income £205k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST	£2.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED FY2024	£725k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£267k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF EZRAT YISRAEL KIRYAT SEFER FY2025	£4.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SWIRE 2765 FY2024	£2.2m	—	above	—	no doubt

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