IQRA AID TRUST

Registered charity 1137052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting education projects in rural India, supporting people in financial hardship in Africa

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE ORPHANS AND THE POOR AND NEEDY IN THE UK AND ABROAD, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY LEARNING PROGRAMMES, TUITION CLASSES AND SCHOLARSHIPS;(II) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONG POOR PEOPLE, ORPHANS, VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MAKING GRANTS FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FOOD, WATER, CLOTHING, MEDICAL TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, AND ACCOMMODATION FOR THE SAID PERSONS;(III) TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND CAPACITY OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(IV) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN NEED THAT THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£14k
Latest spending
£9k
Registered
2010

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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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2025 (received 14/08/2026, 75 days after the 31/05/2026 due date); year ending 31/07/2023 (received 05/09/2024, 97 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/01/2021 (received 21/06/2022, 203 days after the 30/11/2021 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Malawi · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£14k£9k
31/07/2024£11k£9k
31/07/2023£42k£40k
31/01/2022£15k£13k
31/01/2021£18k£16k

Common questions

Who funds IQRA AID TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name IQRA AID TRUST as a grant recipient include THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k