PALESTINIANS RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND

Registered charity 1040094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERPAL

Interpal is one of the leading British charities focusing on providing relief and development aid to Palestinians in the main areas of operation: the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon.

Objects

1.THE PROVISION OF AID AND ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT GUIDANCE AND COMFORT TO POOR NEEDY SICK CHILDREN AND WIDOWS AND THOSE SUFFERING OR DISTRESSED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CIVIL OR MILITARY ACTION OR NATIONAL DISASTERS. 2.TO RELIEVE THE NEED HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS WHOSE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS DIED OR WHO ARE MISSING OR DETAINED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CIVIL OR MILITARY ACTION.3.THE PROVISION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THOSE OF REFUGEE STATUS OR CONNECTED PERSONS AS MAY HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR AGE OR INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND PALESTINE

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £18,733 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £55,167 against expenditure of £73,900. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £74,836, which the trustees confirmed ensures the charity remains a going concern for more than 12 months. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no restricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr ESSAM MUSTAFA
• ISMAIL GINWALLA MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Saher Usmani

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

Operates in: Jordan · Lebanon · Occupied Palestinian Territories

Income and spending

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