What Zarach does

Zarach is a UK-registered charity (Charity No. 1179539) headquartered in Leeds that addresses child bed poverty by delivering complete bed bundles to families referred through schools. Each bundle — comprising a bed frame, mattress, bedding and pyjamas — is produced at a stated unit cost of £150, with the organisation having delivered more than 17,000 bundles cumulatively since founding in 2017. The operating model is donation-funded: individual donors, Gift Aid recovery, and a Corporate Partnership programme underwrite the bundles, while families are identified and referred by teaching staff rather than by self-service intake. The referral workflow and end-to-end fulfilment chain are the operational backbone of the business.

Beyond the core bundle product, Zarach runs a Food Club that delivers emergency food support alongside beds, extending the family poverty proposition. Logistics scaled materially in 2021 with a move from shipping-container storage to a 16,000 sq ft warehouse, and geographic reach was extended in 2024 into Tees Valley and South Yorkshire. There is no disclosed proprietary technology platform; the service is fundamentally a physical-goods delivery and family-support operation whose 'technology' is its school referral network, warehouse throughput, and supplier relationships that reportedly deliver 2-3x value per pound spent on bundle components.

Name

Zarach

Legal name

Zarach

Website

https://zarach.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Zarach is a UK-registered Leeds-based charity that delivers £150 bed bundles to children identified by schools as living without a bed, funded by individual donations, Gift Aid and corporate partners, and has delivered 17,000+ bundles since 2017.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations from individuals and corporates: Zarach operates entirely on charitable donations. Individual donors and corporate partners contribute funds used to purchase and deliver bed bundles to children living in bed poverty. Each £150 donation provides one bed bundle for a child.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Zarach delivers complete, brand-new bed bundles (bed frame, mattress, pillows, duvet, bed clothing, and pyjamas) directly to children in the UK experiencing bed poverty. Referrals are received from a network of local schools via email-based forms requiring parent/guardian permission, and the charity provides ongoing family engagement, mediation with other support services, and referrals to additional services as needed.

Product overview

Zarach is a charitable organization operating as a single, unified service model rather than a platform with multiple modules. The core offering is the Bed Bundle program — delivering complete bed packages (frame, mattress, bedding, and pyjamas) to children experiencing bed poverty in the UK. This is supported by an integrated service flow: schools refer families through a formal referral process, beds are delivered directly to families, and the team provides ongoing family engagement and support services including mediation with other support agencies and referrals. Additionally, Zarach operates Food Club for emergency food deliveries. The service is fundamentally human-centered and operational rather than technology-driven, relying on warehouse operations, volunteer networks, and direct delivery rather than software products or digital platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bed Bundle A comprehensive package delivered to children in bed poverty, containing a brand-new bed frame, mattress, bedding (duvet, pillows), and pyjamas. Each bundle is designed to provide at least 8 years of good sleep and is sourced as brand-new items to ensure safety, quality, and longevity.
• Family Engagement Services Post-delivery support services in which Zarach's team assesses the best ways to support families further, mediates between families and other support services, and makes referrals to additional support as needed.
• School Referral Program A referral system through which local schools identify children experiencing bed poverty and refer them to Zarach. The referral process uses a short form sent via email that includes permission from the parent/guardian.
• Food Club Emergency food delivery service collecting name, address, and contact details along with household composition information (number of adults and children) to provide food support to families in need.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17,000+ beds delivered to children living in bed poverty
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Barnardo's: The UK's largest children's charity, providing a broad portfolio of child welfare services. Zarach's founding statistic and market sizing cite Barnardo's research, and Barnardo's is the most direct adjacent child-focused charity competing for donor and policy attention.
• Action for Children: UK charity working with children and families on poverty, disability, and safeguarding. Comparable as a long-established national child-and-family support charity operating in overlapping donor and policy spaces.
• The Children's Society: National UK charity supporting disadvantaged children, including those affected by poverty and exploitation. Directly comparable as a child-welfare charity competing for the same individual and corporate donor base.
• Shelter: Major UK housing and homelessness charity addressing inadequate living conditions. Comparable in addressing the broader deprivation context in which bed poverty exists and competing for related donor and policy attention.

Direct peers

• FareShare: UK charity redistributing surplus goods (food) to people in need through a network of frontline organizations. Highly comparable to Zarach's model of sourcing goods and distributing them directly to families facing poverty via a community-network model.
• Wrap Up London: UK volunteer-driven charity collecting and distributing coats to people in need. Operates a very similar model to Zarach — donation-funded, volunteer-supported physical-goods distribution to vulnerable people — albeit for outerwear rather than beds.
• KidsOut: UK charity providing positive experiences and essential items to disadvantaged children. Comparable as a children's charity providing tangible goods/experiences to vulnerable kids through referral networks.
• The Hygiene Bank: UK charity redistributing hygiene and household essentials to people in poverty. Closely analogous to Zarach in providing physical goods bundles to families in need and addressing 'hidden' forms of poverty through a donation-funded distribution model.
• Buttle UK: UK charity providing financial support and essential items to children and young people in crisis. Comparable as a charity addressing child poverty through direct material support, often via referral from schools and social workers.

Regional players

• The Childhood Trust: London-focused child poverty charity funding other charities and grassroots projects. Comparable as a child-poverty-focused charity but operates regionally (London) versus Zarach's northern England footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ZarachLeeds
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zarach
• Instagraminstagram.com/zarachcharity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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