AL-KARIM FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1151882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Al-Karim works to encourage, through raising awareness and education, participation from ethnic minorities on bone-marrow registries in the UK.Al-Karim supports families in the Subcontinent where the wage-earner is affected by cancer or a related illness and the affected family is facing hardship.

Objects

1.TO ADVANCE HEALTHCARE THROUGH RAISING AWARENESS/EDUCATION AMONGST ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE UK OF THE NEED TO BECOME BONE-MARROW DONORS.2.RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP CAUSED BY INCAPACITY OF THE WAGE EARNER THROUGH CANCER (OR RELATED ILLNESSES) IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£41k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £15,206, reducing its unrestricted funds from £29,461 to £14,255. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies on modest donation income and has limited financial resources, resulting in assistance being provided to only a small number of beneficiaries. The trustees confirm that administrative and overhead costs remain low to direct resources toward charitable activities.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · India · Pakistan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£26k£41k
31/08/2024£31k£23k
31/08/2023£17k£11k
31/08/2022£14k£10k
31/08/2021£14k£9k

Common questions

Is AL-KARIM FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £15,206, reducing its unrestricted funds from £29,461 to £14,255. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies on modest donation income and has limited financial resources, resulting in assistance being provided to only a small number of beneficiaries. The trustees confirm that administrative and overhead costs remain low to direct resources toward charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.