EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 1015408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The principal activity of Edhi International Foundation (UK) is to provide Humanitarian Relief aid to the Needy and Vulnerable regularly as well in times of Emergency & Disasters.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PROMOTION AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£6.3m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £64,638,691, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining approximately one year of unrestricted charitable core expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately one year of unrestricted charitable core expenditure (held: £64.6m)
“The trustees intend to maintain enough free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level that equates to approximately one year of unrestricted charitable core expenditure.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for Qurbani
“A sum of £430,369 (2023:£334,087) was paid to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for Qurbani performed on behalf of donors in UK for the year.” — page 31
“In addition an amount of £162,385 (2023 Nil) has also been sent to Pakistan from Sadqa donations from UK donors.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for Sadqa donations
“A sum of £430,369 (2023:£334,087) was paid to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for Qurbani performed on behalf of donors in UK for the year.” — page 31
“In addition an amount of £162,385 (2023 Nil) has also been sent to Pakistan from Sadqa donations from UK donors.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for equipment
“A sum of £430,369 (2023:£334,087) was paid to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for Qurbani performed on behalf of donors in UK for the year.” — page 31
“In addition an amount of £162,385 (2023 Nil) has also been sent to Pakistan from Sadqa donations from UK donors.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for aircraft
“A sum of £430,369 (2023:£334,087) was paid to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for Qurbani performed on behalf of donors in UK for the year.” — page 31
“In addition an amount of £162,385 (2023 Nil) has also been sent to Pakistan from Sadqa donations from UK donors.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Mr. Saad Edhi (former trustee, now employee)
“A sum of £430,369 (2023:£334,087) was paid to Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Pakistan for Qurbani performed on behalf of donors in UK for the year.” — page 31
“In addition an amount of £162,385 (2023 Nil) has also been sent to Pakistan from Sadqa donations from UK donors.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by S Syedain & Co. Discloses 5 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 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

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

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 2

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 11/12/2025, 41 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 23/07/2024, 266 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£6.3m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£120k
Reserves (reported)
£64.6m
Employees
20

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£6.3m£2.0m
31/12/2023£6.0m£1.6m
31/12/2022£8.0m£2.2m
31/12/2021£6.9m£1.1m

Common questions

Is EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £64,638,691, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining approximately one year of unrestricted charitable core expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by S Syedain & Co.

Who funds EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION UK as a grant recipient include OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST, SSP FOUNDATION, THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£595
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2022£500
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024amount not stated

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
Founders Pledge Ltd1£2.6m
RAFAH INTERNATIONAL1£50k
MAJI PATEL FOUNDATION1£34k
THE MCBAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION1£10k
Evergreen Care UK1£500

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION UK£6.3m—0above—no doubt
EDAID FOUNDATION FY2025£120k—0above—no doubt
THE MACDAIBHIDH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt
UK FUND FOR CHARITIES FY2025£4.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BHAMJI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION UK FY2026£35k——unclear—no doubt
The Eneida Foundation FY2025£79k—0above—no doubt

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