IRAQI ORPHAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1115346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relief of poverty and homelessness for orphans in Iraq. Also support disabled and give medical assistance to children and young.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:1. TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF ORPHANS IN IRAQ IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, FOOD, MEDICINE AND OTHER FORMS OF HUMANITARIAN AID, REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE; 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SUCH ORPHANS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TUITION, EDUCATION MATERIALS AND GRANTS; AND3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE IRAQ

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £124,870 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £218,327 to £93,457. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of three to six months' expenditure, and the trustees consider that the current reserve level ensures the charity can continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Iraqi Orphan Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• FIRDOUS Yaseen Mahdichair
• Amal Al-Hussaini
• Ofran Almossawi
• Taqwa Jawad

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

Operates in: Iraq

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF.

• INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF income £406k
• ORPHANS IN NEED income £23.5m
• AL-HIKMEH FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF THE EAST RELIEF ORGANIZATION income £161k
• IHSAN FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION income £641k
• NOOR RELIEF FUND income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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