QISMAT TRUST

Registered charity 1146695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Qismat is committed to innovation in tackling the UN SDGs to end extreme poverty and promote peace & prosperity. Our initiatives include Rickshaws for Relief, Impact Incubator Hubs for social entrepreneurs, a mobile Micro Donations Platform, Youmanity.me a social network for changemakers & Brydg, a financial marketplace to build trust protocols for the future of credit & financial freedom.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES:-A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY ENGAGING IN RELIEF, RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT AIM TO ENSURE THE IMMEDIATE AND MEDIUM TERM NEEDS OF AFFECTED PEOPLE. B) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY:I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; ANDII) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS".C) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £56,996 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £93,002. The trustees consider reserves adequate against a policy target of three months of core operating costs. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties 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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Qismat (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTONIO ARENAS LOPEZ
• Peter Matthews

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

Operates in: City Of London · City Of Westminster · Hackney · Hammersmith And Fulham · India · Indonesia · Kensington And Chelsea · Malaysia · Mexico · Nigeria · Philippines · United States

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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