IWS CHARITY

Registered charity 1143204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH AND WELFARE SOCIETY

To promote the benefit of people living in underdeveloped areas of AZAD KASHMIR, Pakistan by:a. education and training;b. health services;c. financial relief to needy persons (below poverty line)

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF PAKISTAN, AND PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AZAD KASHMIR, BY:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING; (B) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF OF GOOD HEALTH; AND; (C) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS AFFECTED, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£41k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £43,592 in donations and spent £41,184 on charitable activities, resulting in a net surplus of £2,408 for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £20,000, which the trustees consider adequate for day-to-day needs. The charity operates on a cash basis with no employees, relying entirely on volunteers and trustee-covered overheads.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (100% of income)
“The charity raised all its income through donations during the year.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • 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 31/12/2024 (received 11/03/2026, 131 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 17/12/2024, 47 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 13/03/2024, 134 days after the 31/10/2023 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: Leeds City · Pakistan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£44k£41k
31/12/2024£44k£40k
31/12/2023£42k£13k
31/12/2022£53k£32k
31/12/2021£13k£35k

Common questions

Is IWS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity raised £43,592 in donations and spent £41,184 on charitable activities, resulting in a net surplus of £2,408 for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £20,000, which the trustees consider adequate for day-to-day needs. The charity operates on a cash basis with no employees, relying entirely on volunteers and trustee-covered overheads. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST1£78k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IMDAD FOUNDATION UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IWS CHARITY£44k—0unclear—no doubt
IMDAD FOUNDATION UK FY2025£79k—0unclear—no doubt
ISA FOUNDATION FY2024£0—0above—no doubt
ZUHRI TRUST FY2025£243k—0above—no doubt
THE UMEED WELFARE TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt
IAC-UK FY2025£804k—0unclear—no doubt

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