ALFANAR

Registered charity 1105048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q2546467 · also known as ARAB LEARNING INITIATIVE

Alfanar assists organisations in the Arab region that are improving the lives and opportunities of the communities they serve. Alfanar's partners, who may be start up or more established organisations, take enduring and entrepreneurial approaches and are committed to finding diverse ways to generate income. Alfanar provides them with a combination of financial support, advice and expertise.

Objects

a. the advancement of education and learning for the public benefit, and in particular to educate men and women and young people of all ages from a broad range of geographical, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds in the Arab world, to enable them to realise their full potential as individuals, within society as a whole; andb. the relief and prevention of poverty, in particular among socially and economically disadvantaged communities in countries in the Arab world by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training and other support designed to enable members of those communities to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient;provided always that nothing contained herein shall authorise or be deemed to authorise the carrying on of any activity for any purposes except those regarded as charitable by the laws of England and Wales.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Alfanar recorded a total income of £3.5m in FY2025, a 76% increase from the previous year, driven by major funding agreements. However, free reserves fell to £137k, which is below the Board's policy target of covering six months of projected expenditure (target range £500k), covering only two months' expenditure. The Trustees maintain that the going concern basis is appropriate, citing positive downside cash flow projections through 2027 and expected incoming funding in early 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05141908
• Trading subsidiary: BEACON SOCIAL CAPITAL LIMITED Companies House 11741458

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.

• KABLAWI, Hani — director, appointed 01/06/2026on trustee list
• STOITCHKOVA, Jeni — director, appointed 01/06/2026not on trustee list
• SUKHTIAN, Muna — director, appointed 01/06/2026not on trustee list
• ABDEL MAJEID, Joud — director, appointed 25/07/2025not on trustee list
• FODA, Sherif, Mr. — director, appointed 20/11/2015on trustee list
• OLAYAN, Lubna Suliman — director, appointed 27/04/2006on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• LUBNA OLAYANchair
• Evguenia Stoitchkova
• Hani Kablawi
• Joud Abdel Majeid
• Sherif Foda

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

Operates in: City Of London · Egypt · Jordan · Lebanon

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• AL ANSAR FOUNDATION income £225k
• ALBIRR FOUNDATION UK income £757k
• AL ANSAAR income £196k
• AL BASAR INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION income £18.6m
• UK ALBANIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY & CULTURAL CENTRE LTD income £247k
• ALTOR FOUNDATION income £256k

Side by side with its peers

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