M Z AND K Z SHAH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1061589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Hope4Smile

The charity supports communities worldwide, directly or in partnership with other like minded registered charities and voluntary bodies, by providing relief to the poor, disabled, sick, and elderly; advancing education; developing land and buildings, including educational and recreational facilities for public benefit; and offering aid to victims of natural or manmade disasters.

Objects

I. The provision of relief to the poor, the disabled, the sick and the elderly living in any part of the world.II. The advancement of education of people living in any part of the world.III. The provision of land and buildings including educational and recreational facilities for public use in any part of the worldIV. The provision of relief for victims of natural or manmade disasters of people living in any part of the world.

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 · Get email alerts

Latest income

£141k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £435,224, an increase from the previous year's £391,402. The trustees report that the charity has adequate procedures to mitigate risks and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The document states administration is carried out from a trustee's home at no charge, but does not disclose a specific monetary value for this benefit.

“The administration of the Charity is carried out from the home of Mr Mukesh Shah, one of the trustees, at no charge.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

MUKESH SHAH MBEchair
KIRAN SHAH
Ninna Mukesh Shah

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · Nepal · Sierra Leone · Throughout London · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£141k	£97k
31/12/2023	£278k	£138k
31/12/2022	£119k	£123k
31/12/2021	£410k	£367k
31/12/2020	£223k	£176k

Common questions

Is M Z AND K Z SHAH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £435,224, an increase from the previous year's £391,402. The trustees report that the charity has adequate procedures to mitigate risks and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£664k
GIVE A GIFT	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ABU ZAHRA FOUNDATION.

ABU ZAHRA FOUNDATION income £1.9m
SHAHID AFRIDI FOUNDATION (UK) income £425k
MIRZA SHARIF AHMAD FOUNDATION income £1.0m
AL-MAHMOOD FOUNDATION income £274k
ZOUQ FOUNDATION income £600k
NATIONAL ZAKAT FOUNDATION (NZF) income £10.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
M Z AND K Z SHAH FOUNDATION	£141k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ABU ZAHRA FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHAHID AFRIDI FOUNDATION (UK) FY2025	£425k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MIRZA SHARIF AHMAD FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	noted
AL-MAHMOOD FOUNDATION FY2024	£274k	—	unclear	—	noted
ZOUQ FOUNDATION FY2025	£600k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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