Common questions about Shaare Zedek UK's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Shaare Zedek UK a good charity? +
Shaare Zedek UK scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 83% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Shaare Zedek UK a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Shaare Zedek UK as a registered charity (charity number 1143272). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1143272&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Shaare Zedek UK's charity number? +
Shaare Zedek UK's charity number is 1143272. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Shaare Zedek UK's charity rating? +
Shaare Zedek UK scores 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Shaare Zedek UK have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Shaare Zedek UK. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Shaare Zedek UK? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 83% of Shaare Zedek UK's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Shaare Zedek UK's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 17% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 18% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Shaare Zedek UK. Shaare Zedek UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Shaare Zedek UK receive? +
Shaare Zedek UK reported £1.7m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are Shaare Zedek UK's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-28). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Shaare Zedek UK based? +
Shaare Zedek UK's registered contact address is in London (N3 2JX). It tells the regulator it operates in Israel, Scotland, with a focus on international aid.
How much is Shaare Zedek UK's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Shaare Zedek UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Shaare Zedek UK's money come from? +
Shaare Zedek UK reported £1.7m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.7m (98%), investments £34k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.1m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Shaare Zedek UK? +
The register records Shaare Zedek UK as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Shaare Zedek UK's trustees paid? +
Shaare Zedek UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Shaare Zedek UK registered as a charity? +
Shaare Zedek UK was entered on the register on 8 August 2011. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07469168).
How does CharityCompare score Shaare Zedek UK? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Shaare Zedek UK's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Shaare Zedek UK's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.