THE ADFAL TRUST

Registered charity 1140051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Prevention or relief of poverty, financial hardship and sickness. The advancement of health and education. The relief of financial need and suffering and assistance to victims of war, famine or natural disaster in any part of the world. The development of members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities. The advancement of human rights, culture and science. Environmental conservation

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HUMAN BEINGS IN NEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:-(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES;(B) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;(D) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF WAR, FAMINE OR NATURAL DISASTER IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MONEY, FAMINE RELIEF OR MEDICAL AID;(E) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(F) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR RECONCILIATION;(G) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE; (H) THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; OR(I) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES 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: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,191,388, which is below the previous year's figure of £2,277,914 due to an investment loss of £206,433. The charity holds sufficient reserves to meet its stated policy of distributing 70-120% of annual income net of expenses. No material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were identified.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2024 (received 26/08/2025, 202 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 04/09/2024, 212 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 03/03/2023, 26 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 08/02/2022, 3 days after the 05/02/2022 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

• BRIAN ASHFORD-RUSSELL
• FENELLA ELIZABETH ASHFORD-RUSSELL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ADF INTERNATIONAL (UK).

• ADF INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £1.5m
• THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST income £4.1m
• THE SF CHARITABLE TRUST income £113k
• SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION income £162k
• AID THE NEEDY income £104k
• THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £3.3m

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