Qamar foundation

Registered charity 1150141 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFGHAN TRUST, AT@, UNIVERSAL APPEAL

We provide emergency response, care for vulnerable children, support education, ensure access to essential resources like healthcare and clean water, and promote sustainable livelihoods for better lives and communities.

Objects

1)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OF HUMANITY IN PARTICULAR THE AFGHANS, IN [AFGHANISTAN OR NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES] BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY." TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION/TRAINING OF AFGHANS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION/TRAINING.2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION/TRAINING OF AFGHANS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION/TRAINING.3)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, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED [INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID].

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 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 the charity had total funds of £136,300 as of 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves of £50,812. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, noting no material uncertainty exists regarding the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. 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.

• 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
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MIRWAIS KHANchair
• ISMAIL ZARMIR
• Rahimullah Wahidi

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Pakistan

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE QAMAR TRUST.

• THE QAMAR TRUST income £1.1m
• ISLAMIC HELP income £11.0m
• DR. QURAN income £128k
• NUR UL QAMAR TRUST income £404k
• Star Community Foundation income £300k
• Luma Foundation income £178k

Side by side with its peers

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