THE HABIB UNIVERSITY TRUST

Registered charity 1152151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of The Habib University Trust are in the education sector.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO FURTHER SUCH OF THE OBJECTS OF THE PAKISTANI CHARITY AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW AS THE TRUSTEES FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PAKISTANI CHARITY DETERMINE.HABIB UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ('THE PAKISTANI CHARITY') WAS INCORPORATED AS A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE UNDER S. 42 OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1984 ON 10 OCTOBER 2007.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£163k
Latest spending
£241k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £57,966 at 31 March 2025, with the trustees noting it is unnecessary to hold significant free reserves due to negligible monthly commitments. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £88,511 for the year, primarily driven by charitable expenditure of £236,979 against incoming resources of £162,695.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The trustees therefore felt that it is unnecessary to hold significant free reserves. The unrestricted funds at 31 March 2025 were £57,966.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by K K Associates. 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 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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: Pakistan · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£163k£241k
31/03/2024£86k£8k
31/03/2023£27k£3k
31/03/2022£57k£3k
31/03/2021£310k£2k

Common questions

Is THE HABIB UNIVERSITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £57,966 at 31 March 2025, with the trustees noting it is unnecessary to hold significant free reserves due to negligible monthly commitments. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £88,511 for the year, primarily driven by charitable expenditure of £236,979 against incoming resources of £162,695. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by K K Associates.

Who funds THE HABIB UNIVERSITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HABIB UNIVERSITY TRUST as a grant recipient include Z V M RANGOONWALA FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Z V M RANGOONWALA FOUNDATIONFY2025£38kTowards an endowment for university scholarships.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL HABIB EDUCATIONAL & WELFARE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HABIB UNIVERSITY TRUST£163k—0below—no doubt
AL HABIB EDUCATIONAL & WELFARE TRUST FY2026£94k——unclear—no doubt
THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA UK FY2025£3.2mover £60,0001unclear—no doubt
BC TRUST FY2025£2.9m—0unclear—no doubt
HAFS ACADEMY TRUST FY2025£528k—0unclear—no doubt
ABU BAKR TRUST FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—material uncertainty

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