ORISON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1098822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Orison Charitable Trust is a registered charity working primarily for the advancement of Islamic Shia religion and for the advancement of education and relief of poverty. With the aid of sound financial management and the support of volunteers the charity has achieved a satisfactory outcome for the year with sufficient resources to continue its normal activities in the forthcoming years.

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

Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £240,932 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total unrestricted fund balances to £871,650. The trustees report that the charity has adequate bank balances and unrestricted funds to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified 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

Largest income source: Donations and legacies

“The Charity's principal source of income was unrestricted voluntary donations. Income from donations amounted to £2,806,135 (2024: £2,133,236).” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: in excess of expected support and governance costs (held: £872k)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level in excess of expected support and governance costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A member of key management personnel received an interest-free loan of £66,000, secured on assets of the employee, which is repayable in instalments over a fixed term in accordance with a loan agreement. At the reporting date, £59,000 remained outstanding within debtors.

“During the year a member of key management personnel to whom the trustees have delegated significant authority in the day-to-day running of various charitable activities received an interest-free loan of £66,000, secured on assets of the employee, which is repayable in instalments over a fixed term in accordance with a loan agreement. At the reporting date, £59,000 remained outstanding within debtors (2024: £nil).” — page 21

“During the year aggregate donations amounting to £17,602 (2024: £5,803) were received from trustees and their close family members and aggregate donations amounting to £nil (2024: £4,824) were received from private companies controlled by a trustee.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations amounting to £17,602 were received from trustees and their close family members.

“During the year a member of key management personnel to whom the trustees have delegated significant authority in the day-to-day running of various charitable activities received an interest-free loan of £66,000, secured on assets of the employee, which is repayable in instalments over a fixed term in accordance with a loan agreement. At the reporting date, £59,000 remained outstanding within debtors (2024: £nil).” — page 21

“During the year aggregate donations amounting to £17,602 (2024: £5,803) were received from trustees and their close family members and aggregate donations amounting to £nil (2024: £4,824) were received from private companies controlled by a trustee.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A close family member of a trustee worked for the Charity as an employee on the payroll and received a market rate salary.

“During the year a member of key management personnel to whom the trustees have delegated significant authority in the day-to-day running of various charitable activities received an interest-free loan of £66,000, secured on assets of the employee, which is repayable in instalments over a fixed term in accordance with a loan agreement. At the reporting date, £59,000 remained outstanding within debtors (2024: £nil).” — page 21

“During the year aggregate donations amounting to £17,602 (2024: £5,803) were received from trustees and their close family members and aggregate donations amounting to £nil (2024: £4,824) were received from private companies controlled by a trustee.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Deitch Cooper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£2.6m

Reserves (reported)

£872k

Employees

5

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jamil Rajabali Bandali
Mustafa Mohsin Ali Mohamed
Taslim Kanji

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Cameroon · Finland · Ghana · India · Italy · Kenya · Pakistan · Philippines · Portugal · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.8m	£2.6m
31/03/2024	£2.1m	£2.2m
31/03/2023	£1.8m	£1.7m
31/03/2022	£2.6m	£2.8m
31/03/2021	£2.5m	£2.1m

Common questions

Is ORISON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £240,932 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total unrestricted fund balances to £871,650. The trustees report that the charity has adequate bank balances and unrestricted funds to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Deitch Cooper LLP.

Who funds ORISON CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ORISON CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE WORLD FEDERATION OF KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITIES, TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WORLD FEDERATION OF KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITIES	FY2021	£271k	Relief
TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£250k
THE WORLD FEDERATION OF KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITIES	FY2024	£198k	Grants to institutions
THE WORLD FEDERATION OF KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITIES	FY2021	£129k	Advancement of Education
THE WORLD FEDERATION OF KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITIES	FY2022	£52k	Relief
THE WORLD FEDERATION OF KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITIES	FY2023	£21k	Health/Relief/Education (Note 7)
TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k

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
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£84k
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£78k
IHELP GLOBAL	1	£24k
THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK).

HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) income £3.1m
BAYTUL ILM TRUST income £375k
IRSHAD TRUST income £1.1m
ELRAHMA CHARITY TRUST income £798k
FAIZAN E ISLAM EDUCATION & CULTURAL TRUST income £679k
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ORISON CHARITABLE TRUST	£2.8m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) FY2025	£3.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BAYTUL ILM TRUST FY2025	£375k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
IRSHAD TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ELRAHMA CHARITY TRUST FY2024	£798k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FAIZAN E ISLAM EDUCATION & CULTURAL TRUST FY2025	£679k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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