Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE Z.S.V. TRUST

The charity distributes food parcels and provides financial assistance to local families in need, following the recomendations of Rabbis and other communal leaders acquainted with the local requirements.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£1,547£1,576£-29£30£354£3312.5060
31/12/22£1,440£1,379£61£45£383£3603.1060
31/12/21£1,318£1,149£169£80£322£3103.2060
31/12/20£1,094£948£146£106£153£1531.9060
31/12/19£825£828£-3£88£7£70.1050
31/12/18*£764£792£-28£81£10£100.100
31/12/17£785£850£-65£77£38£380.500
31/12/16£881£870£12£42£103£1031.400
30/12/15*£728£688£39£46£91£911.600
31/12/14£674£670£3£30£52£520.900
31/12/13*£643£649£-5£24£49£490.900
31/12/12£678£679£-2£27£54£54100
31/12/11£633£634£-1£43£56£561.100
31/12/10£584£600£-16£30£57£571.100
31/12/09*£786£748£38£36£73£731.200
31/12/08*£783£773£10£29£35£350.500
31/12/07*£930£941£-11£36£25£250.300
31/12/06*£941£909£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£774£812£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£745£722£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 17.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 27 years

www.foodlifeline.org.uk

fllandzsv@gmail.com

020 8211 1022

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£221,149
City Bridge Trust£82,580
The London Community Foundation£65,360
DCMS£51,340
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Hackney Council£38,980
The Childhood Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Survive & Thrive
£211,349 15/09/2023
This project will use funding to help mitigate food poverty and hardship within the Orthodox Jewish Community (otherwise known as Charedi). They will provide culturally appropriate Kosher food provisions while also using referral services to support ....more
The Childhood Trust - Best Food Forward
£25,000 20/06/2023
We will distribute 300 packages of school shoes and healthy Kosher food snacks at the start of each term, to Jewish children living in poverty who cannot afford to get a fresh start like their peers, including essential nutrition and comfortable ....more
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£6,000 31/01/2023
Energy vouchers and food vouchers for families
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Z.S.V. Trust
£4,000 10/11/2022
to provide kosher food support for Jewish families in Essex
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/02/2022
Food Lifeline Emergency Family Feed
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Food Lifeline (an independent project of the ZSV Trust)
£82,580 15/02/2022
36
£82,580 over three years (£26,776; £27,520; £28,284) for a part-time (0.2 FTE) Food Lifeline Project Manager; office costs and food storage and transport costs.
Hackney Council - Grant to Z.S.V. Trust
£38,980 24/03/2021
12
Wave 5 (Project): Developing an extensive referral system for our beneficiaries who are suffering long-term from COVID, yet have limited access or awareness of culturally appropriate support. We will partner with welfare and employment agencies. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Access4All
£9,800 28/01/2021
4
The funding will be used to update their website into an interactive platform in order for people from the Jewish community to access kosher food parcels. The project aims to expand their reach and support people’s basic needs during Covid-19.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 23/10/2020
Food Lifeline
The London Community Foundation - Grant to ZSV Trust
£41,340 14/08/2020
Continued distribution of Kosher food parcels to financially struggling families who have suffered from COVID, particularly those with school-aged children and teens. Funding is sought to cover the cost of weekly food parcels for 390 families over ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£41,340 14/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 25/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to ZSV Trust
£24,020 02/06/2020
1. Distribution of food parcels to financially struggling families with school-aged children and teenagers. 2. Training a team of volunteers to support the elderly and vulnerable with their errands. Volunteers will be required to be fluent in ....more
CAF - Grant to ZSV Trust
£10,000 20/05/2020
3
Grant to ZSV Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

  • ABA WEINBERGER
  • ALTA MORDECHAI FOGEL
  • MENDY STERN Appointed: 2020
  • NUCHEM WEINBERGER Appointed: 2021
  • YOEL FRIEDMAN Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/1997, number: 1063860
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 73 days late, AR15: 29 days late, AR13: 53 days late, AR09: 24 days late, AR08: 28 days late, AR07: 157 days late, AR06: 19 days late, AR05: 190 days late, AR04: 555 days late,
Main office

52 DARENTH ROAD
LONDON
N16 6EJ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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