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WAFA RELIEF

Registered charity 1101992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Look after the poor and the needy.

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

Latest income
£560k
Latest spending
£563k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,205 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £360,666. The trustees consider the balance on funds sufficient to meet future commitments and aim to maintain reserves covering three months of running costs. The organization is exempt from income tax and operates as a small company with no share capital.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs (held: £361k)
“The organisation aim to maintain sufficient reserves to cover three months running costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£560k
Total spending
£563k
Cost of raising funds
£36k
Reserves (reported)
£361k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Djibouti · Ghana · Manchester City · Morocco · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£560k£563k
31/05/2024£629k£478k
31/05/2023£421k£596k
31/05/2022£310k£303k
31/05/2021£180k£108k

Common questions

Is WAFA RELIEF financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,205 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £360,666. The trustees consider the balance on funds sufficient to meet future commitments and aim to maintain reserves covering three months of running costs. The organization is exempt from income tax and operates as a small company with no share capital. Its FY2025 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED2£2.1m
CHARITY MEALS1£425k
ISSA FOUNDATION1£415k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED1£284k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
DELAPAGE LIMITED1£100k
LATATE LIMITED1£90k
CHASEHAWK LIMITED1£66k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WAFA RELIEF£560k—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
ORPHANS IN NEED FY2025£23.5m——above—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FY2024£406k—0unclear—no doubt
WARWICK RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025£268k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM FY2025£445k—0within—no doubt

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