THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1072270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the public and in particular relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the promotion of health, the advancement of education and the advancement of religion

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.1m

Latest spending

£4.0m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £603,558 at the year end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £1,250,000. Despite reporting a surplus of £38,224 for the year, the unrestricted fund balance decreased from the previous year, and the charity holds no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £604k; policy: £1,250,000)

“The actual unrestricted reserves at the year end were £603,558 (2024 - £903,871). The trustees are satisfied that the actual reserves are within acceptable level of the amount in the policy.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Smartax Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lady Fatemah Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£4.1m

Total spending

£4.0m

Cost of raising funds

£129k

Reserves (reported)

£604k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Ali Bakir
Dr Muhammad Asaria
KANIZE FATMA A KARIM

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · India · Iraq · Italy · Kenya · Lebanon · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Oman · Pakistan · Tanzania · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.1m	£4.0m
31/03/2024	£4.4m	£4.0m
31/03/2023	£3.6m	£3.6m
31/03/2022	£4.3m	£3.4m
31/03/2021	£3.6m	£3.3m

Common questions

Is THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £603,558 at the year end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £1,250,000. Despite reporting a surplus of £38,224 for the year, the unrestricted fund balance decreased from the previous year, and the charity holds no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Smartax Limited.

Who funds THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE REED FOUNDATION, THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£84k	Christmas Challenge
THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION	FY2021	£1k

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
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k
IHELP GLOBAL	1	£24k
KAHAL IMREI CHAIM LIMITED	1	£22k
CEO SLEEPOUT	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FATIMA WELFARE TRUST.

FATIMA WELFARE TRUST income £184k
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) income £3.1m
FATIMA'S UK CAMPAIGN income £310k
KTRUST LIMITED income £240k
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP income £226k
NATLAS TRUST income £153k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST	£4.1m	—	below	—	no doubt
FATIMA WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£184k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) FY2025	£3.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
FATIMA'S UK CAMPAIGN FY2025	£310k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KTRUST LIMITED FY2025	£240k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP FY2025	£226k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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