MANKIND WELFARE TRUST

Registered charity 1110408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MWT · also registered in Scotland as SC045839 (OSCR)

1. HELPING HUMANITY - RESCUE, RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTERS & CONFLICT THROUGH FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT INCLUDING MEDICINES, FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER.2. INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS - PROMOTING EDUCATION BY ESTABLISHING NEW PROJECTS AND SUPPORTING EXISTING INSTITUTIONS.3. PROMOTING PEACE - LEADING MULTIFAITH DIALOGUE AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES MUST APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (?THE OBJECTS?) 1 THE FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH RELIEVE POVERTY, MALNUTRITION, HUNGER, DISEASE, SICKNESS OR DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN DEPRIVED AREAS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES. 3 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS, TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. 4 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AND BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. NOTHING IN THIS DEED SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£921k
Latest spending
£903k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £28,406, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining operations for up to six months. The charity reported total incoming resources of £920,917 and total resources expended of £902,705, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Mankind Welfare Trust reserves at the end of the year 2024/25 are £28,406. Our aim is to maintain our reserves in accordance with our Reserve Fund Policy to maintain operations for up to six months.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £37,653 — grants £37,653 (1); 4% of the £920,917 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £39,250 — grants £39,250 (1); 6% of the £710,587 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £35,640 — grants £35,640 (1); 5% of the £650,530 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 30/04/2023, 89 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£921k
Total spending
£903k
Reserves (reported)
£28k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Pakistan · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£921k£903k
31/03/2024£711k£715k
31/03/2023£651k£637k
31/03/2022£432k£521k
31/03/2021£573k£633k

Common questions

Is MANKIND WELFARE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £28,406, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining operations for up to six months. The charity reported total incoming resources of £920,917 and total resources expended of £902,705, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/10/2018£7k"Fruits and Challenges of Immigration"
The National Lottery Community Fund12/06/2018£10kPerry Barr Games Club

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 COMMUNITY WELFARE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MANKIND WELFARE TRUST£921k—0below—no doubt
COMMUNITY WELFARE TRUST FY2025£50k—0within—no doubt
WALK TALL FY2025£214k—0above—no doubt
MANKIND UK FY2025£850k£65,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
WOMANKIND FY2026£749k£60,000 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FY2025£759k—0unclear—no doubt

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