THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION (UK)

Registered charity 1087864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION

The Citizens Foundation (UK)'s principal objective is to raise awareness of and funds for The Citizens Foundation (TCF), Pakistan's leading education charity.TCF builds and operates modern, purpose-built schools in Pakistan that provide a relevant, secular, holistic and exemplary education at an extremely economic cost for underpriviliged children from the very poorest communities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £919,633 to £243,872 during the year, largely due to the remittance of restricted donations to TCF Pakistan. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains adequate accounting records as confirmed by the independent auditor.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wright Vigar Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04075959

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Citizens Foundation (UK) (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MALIK, Mehreen — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• HASHMI, Nouman Ahmed — director, appointed 16/04/2024on trustee list
• ALI, Muhammad Atif — director, appointed 02/01/2012on trustee list
• RAJA, Bilal — director, appointed 10/12/2008on trustee list
• DOSSA, Imtiaz Sultanali — director, appointed 03/03/2007on trustee list
• HUSSAIN, Tariq Raza — director, appointed 21/09/2000on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 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 (88% 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: 18.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TARIQ HUSSAINchair
• BILAL RAJA
• IMTIAZ DOSSA
• Mehreen Malik
• Muhammad Atif Ali
• Nouman Ahmed Hashmi

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

Operates in: Pakistan

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

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

• THE CITIZENSHIP FOUNDATION income £715k
• CITIZENS UK CHARITY income £12.0m
• ZIA UL UMMAH FOUNDATION income £267k
• GHAZALI EDUCATION TRUST (UK) LIMITED income £124k
• PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION UK income £185k
• EDUFUND UK income £151k

Side by side with its peers

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