THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST

Registered charity 282096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GRANT GIVING BODY.PLEASE NOTE - THIS TRUST DOES NOT RESPOND TO UNSOLICITED APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDS. PLEASE DON'T APPLY - IT WASTES YOUR TIME AND MONEY.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£686k
Latest spending
£703k
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £381,672, with a policy to gradually run down these reserves while maintaining a steady grant program. The trustees are confident that sufficient total funds of £18,492,013 exist to carry out future charitable objectives and cover potential dissolution costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 9.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Brokers' fees represent 9% of investment income received and 9% of total expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £382k; policy: run down unrestricted reserves gradually over a period of years consistent with ensuring a reasonably steady grant policy)
“The trustees' policy in general is to apply all available income after necessary costs to making grants in accordance with the objects, rather than increasing reserves out of income. Unrestricted reserves at 31 March 2025 stood at £381,672. It is the trustees' intention to run down unrestricted reserves gradually over a period of years consistent with ensuring a reasonably steady grant policy” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Edwards and Keeping Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£686k
Total spending
£703k
Cost of raising funds
£64k
Reserves (reported)
£382k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 9.3% of total income — above 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£686k£703k
31/03/2024£552k£719k
31/03/2023£653k£730k
31/03/2022£620k£738k
31/03/2021£584k£729k

Common questions

Is THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £381,672, with a policy to gradually run down these reserves while maintaining a steady grant program. The trustees are confident that sufficient total funds of £18,492,013 exist to carry out future charitable objectives and cover potential dissolution costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Edwards and Keeping Limited.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RATANBEN ZAVERCHAND KARA FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST£686k—0below9.0%no doubt
RATANBEN ZAVERCHAND KARA FOUNDATION FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
ALTE FEIGA TRUST FY2025£675k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£586k——below—no doubt
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£658k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WARWICK TRUST FY2025£153k—0above—no doubt

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