THE ZAHRA TRUST

Registered charity 1129501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITY DAY, SADAQA CHARITY DAY, SADAQA DAY, THE ZAHRA FOUNDATION

The Zahra Trust is a charitable endownment with its headquaters in the United Kingdom. The Trust focuses on three primary areas, Publications, Productions and Philanthropy. The Trust carries out humanitarian aid across the globe where needed.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £501,101 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover at least six months of operational costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £22,281 for the year, with total income of £3,902,235 and total expenditure of £3,924,516. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2023) to "above" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06842695

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Zahra Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• NAZERALI, Faiz — director, appointed 23/06/2026on trustee list
• JAFFAR, Aliraza Aseer — director, appointed 12/04/2023on trustee list
• HASHAM, Faisal Alireza — director, appointed 13/01/2020on trustee list
• MASSOUMI, Ali — director, appointed 25/03/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £805k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 7.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr ALI MASSOUMIchair
• ALIRAZA JAFFAR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Faisal Alireza Hasham
• Faiz Nazerali

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Iraq · Kenya · Lebanon · Pakistan · Tanzania

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL-ZAHRA ASSOCIATION.

• AL-ZAHRA ASSOCIATION income £214k
• A Z H R CHARITABLE TRUST income £164k
• BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k
• CHOFETZ CHAIM TRUST FOUNDATION income £144k
• ZUHRI TRUST income £243k
• BUSTAN E ZAHRA ASSOCIATION income £327k

Side by side with its peers

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