THE LEBANESE WELFARE SHIA ITHNA ASHERI TRUST

Registered charity 1092240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote Day to Day Religious Activities

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS"):-A. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG THE MUSLIMS AND ESPECIALLY THE NEEDY ORPHANS AND WIDOWS.B. TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION OF BOTH A RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR NATURE AMONG MUSLIMS.C. TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE HEALTH AND HYGIENE AMONG THE MUSLIMS.D. TO PROMOTE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM BOTH AMONG THE MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS.E. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF THE MUSLIMS, IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND 0VERSEAS

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £57,084 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £3,883,017. The Trustees consider the charity's reserves to be adequate to meet day-to-day expenditure and have access to sufficient resources to meet any deficit, noting that no minimum level of reserves is required to be maintained. The charity holds significant unrestricted funds of £3,846,054, primarily derived from the revaluation of its freehold property.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lebanese Welfare Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BILAL NAHLEchair
• Ali Kanso
• HUSSEIN ELOTA
• Philippe Farhat

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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