Friends of Palestinian Universities
Registered charity 1114343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OF BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY
To promote the advancement of education of Palestinians seeking educational opportunities at higher and tertiary education institutions and/or through educational, community or cultural programmes in such ways as the Directors see fit.
Causes: Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £71,130 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Total funds carried forward increased to £281,061, with unrestricted reserves standing at £120,135. The trustees report that the charity has maintained adequate reserves and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of management and administrative costs (held: £120k)
“The trustees aim to maintain reserves at a level equivalent to approximately six months of management and administrative costs in unrestricted funds, after accounting for known scholarship commitments.” — 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.
Corporate structure
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.
- MURRAY, Helen Frances, Dr — director, appointed 01/12/2023on trustee list
- NAJAR, Ahmed — director, appointed 13/06/2023on trustee list
- HAMROUNI, Sandra Lesley Patricia — director, appointed 30/06/2020on trustee list
- MASRI, Mazen, Dr — director, appointed 22/03/2018on trustee list
- QATO, Mezna, Dr — director, appointed 22/03/2018on trustee list
- SHWEIKI, Omar — secretary, appointed 22/03/2018
Official officers record.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (16/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Ahmed Najar
- Dr Helen Frances Murray
- Dr Mazen Masri
- Dr Mezna Qato
- Sandra Hamrouni
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Occupied Palestinian Territories · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Friends of Palestinian Universities financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £71,130 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Total funds carried forward increased to £281,061, with unrestricted reserves standing at £120,135. The trustees report that the charity has maintained adequate reserves and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Friends of Palestinian Universities?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Friends of Palestinian Universities as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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