NATIONAL ZAKAT FOUNDATION (NZF)

Registered charity 1153719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

National Zakat Foundation (NZF) is a national charity which enables local Muslims to connect their Zakat to those who need it in the UK. NZF provides support to individuals and families in need through grants for Hardship Relief, Housing & Work, and Education.NZF also helps educate Zakat givers about calculating and giving Zakat correctly.

Objects

a) To prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship in the UK or anywhere in the world by providing or paying for items, services or facilities that fulfil their needs for Muslims and other individuals in need. b) to develop the capacity and skills of the members of the Muslim community in the UK or anywhere in the world in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs more and to participate more fully in societyc) to advance the education of the public in general (and particularly amongst Muslims) on the subject of Zakat and voluntary giving. d) to advance the religion of Islam for the benefit of the public through the promotion of Zakat and voluntary giving and to enlighten others about Zakat and voluntary giving.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£11.1m

Latest spending

£10.3m

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income reached £11.1m, driven primarily by Zakat, with unrestricted reserves of £2.1m comfortably exceeding the stated policy target of three months' non-distribution costs. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £0.76m and confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operations for at least twelve months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)

“Two employees had emoluments between £60,000 and £70,000 (2024: two).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“Two employees had emoluments between £60,000 and £70,000 (2024: two).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Zakat (79% of income)

“The main source of our income was Zakat, comprising £8.8m (2024: £8.0m), up around 9%.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of non-distribution costs (held: £2.1m)

“The Trustees consider that unrestricted general reserves should cover and exceed three months of non-distribution costs, which for 2025 amounts to a threshold of £734k (2024: £678k).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: NZF paid £24,000 to NZF Worldwide for License Fees and £25,243 for Service Level Agreement. NZF Worldwide is a related party as trustee Sultan Choudhury is a director.

“In 2025, NZF paid £24,000 (2024: £24,000) to NZF Worldwide in License Fees as part of a brand licensing agreement and £25,243 (2024: £28,494) to NZF Worldwide as part of a Service Level Agreement.” — page 57

“As at end of the year, £1,119,250 was held with OFFA as investments and income of £6,231 was received in the year.” — page 57

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: NZF held £1,119,250 in investments with OFFA, a related party as trustee Sultan Choudhury is a director.

“In 2025, NZF paid £24,000 (2024: £24,000) to NZF Worldwide in License Fees as part of a brand licensing agreement and £25,243 (2024: £28,494) to NZF Worldwide as part of a Service Level Agreement.” — page 57

“As at end of the year, £1,119,250 was held with OFFA as investments and income of £6,231 was received in the year.” — page 57

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £60,000 - £70,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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

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: 9
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 2)
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 9
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 2)
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 20
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

How to Pay Zakat via Sahal Wallet | Send Zakat to National Zakat Foundation (NZF) Easily youtu.be · 28/03/2025

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08536743

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Zakat Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mufti Amjad Mohammed — Chief Sharia Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

HUSSAIN, Shiraz — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
ISLAM, Shorful, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
HANIF, Anisa Yasmin — director, appointed 19/11/2021on trustee list
CHOUDHURY, Sultan Ahmed — director, appointed 20/05/2013on trustee list
SIDAT, Shakil — secretary, appointed 05/08/2026

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£11.1m

Total spending

£10.3m

Cost of raising funds

£781k

Reserves (reported)

£2.1m

Employees

32

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 7.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

SULTAN CHOUDHURYchair
Anisa Hanif
Shiraz HUSSAIN
shorful islam · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£11.1m	£10.3m
31/12/2024	£10.2m	£8.9m
31/12/2023	£9.0m	£9.7m
31/12/2022	£7.8m	£7.5m
31/12/2021	£6.3m	£5.7m

Common questions

Is NATIONAL ZAKAT FOUNDATION (NZF) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income reached £11.1m, driven primarily by Zakat, with unrestricted reserves of £2.1m comfortably exceeding the stated policy target of three months' non-distribution costs. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £0.76m and confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operations for at least twelve months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of NATIONAL ZAKAT FOUNDATION (NZF) earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £70,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds NATIONAL ZAKAT FOUNDATION (NZF)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL ZAKAT FOUNDATION (NZF) as a grant recipient include PRISM THE GIFT FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	FY2024	£664k	End Poverty and Hunger

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	09/07/2015	£17k	Grant to National Zakat Foundation

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COSARAF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£40k
KINDGIVING FOUNDATION	1	£25k
Rights and Security International	1	£18k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

THE AZIZ FOUNDATION income £1.6m
THE ZAKAT RELIEF FUND income £72k
FAZILAT FOUNDATION UK income £107k
NAJAT FOUNDATION income £31k
Giving Sadaqah income £79k
M Z AND K Z SHAH FOUNDATION income £127k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NATIONAL ZAKAT FOUNDATION (NZF)	£11.1m	£60,000 - £70,000	2	above	—	no doubt
THE AZIZ FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE ZAKAT RELIEF FUND FY2025	£72k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
FAZILAT FOUNDATION UK FY2025	£107k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NAJAT FOUNDATION FY2025	£31k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Giving Sadaqah FY2025	£79k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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