KEREN ZEDAKAH

Registered charity 284826 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raise money from contributors & make grants for individuals & institutions meeting our requirements, according to funds available.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£49k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £16,929 for the year, with total expenditure of £49,295 exceeding total income of £32,366. Unrestricted reserves decreased from £106,619 to £89,690, a level the trustees consider appropriate for the charity's size and operational commitments. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and fundraising (100% of income)
“Donations and fundraising 32,366” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: to ensure continuity of its activities and to safeguard against unforeseen financial pressures (reserves figure: £90k)
“The charity maintains a reserves policy to ensure continuity of its activities and to safeguard against unforeseen financial pressures.” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 04/11/2025, 4 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Belgium · Israel · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£32k£49k
31/12/2024£48k£43k
31/12/2023£69k£52k
31/12/2022£78k£59k
31/12/2021£74k£58k

Common questions

Is KEREN ZEDAKAH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £16,929 for the year, with total expenditure of £49,295 exceeding total income of £32,366. Unrestricted reserves decreased from £106,619 to £89,690, a level the trustees consider appropriate for the charity's size and operational commitments. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KEREN ZEDAKAH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEREN ZEDAKAH as a grant recipient include REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2024£19kGrants for educational institutions
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2023£19kGrants for educational institutions
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2022£19kGrants to other charitable institutions

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
THREE PILLARS TRUST1£804k
START UPRIGHT1£510k
MENDEL KAUFMAN MEMORIAL TRUST1£36k
CLASSQUOTE LIMITED1£11k
OIZER DALIM TRUST1£7k
STARVIEW CHARITY1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEREN KLEI KODESH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEREN ZEDAKAH£32k——unclear—no doubt
KEREN KLEI KODESH FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
KEREN CHOMOH BETZUROH LIMITED FY2025£48k——above—no doubt
SHAAREI TZEDAKAH FY2025£112k——unclear—no doubt
KOSHER CARE M/C FY2026£93k—0unclear—no doubt
KEREN CHASANIM FY2024£17k—0above—no doubt

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