SKT WELFARE

Registered charity 1153735 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Spreading Kindness Together

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND MAN MADE DISASTERS IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE REGARDLESS OF COLOUR, RACE, ETHNICITY AND TO FACILITATE REHABILITATION BACK INTO COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE AID CONCENTRATING ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WELFARE PROJECTS.

Objects

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND MAN MADE DISASTERS IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE REGARDLESS OF COLOUR, RACE, ETHNICITY AND TO FACILITATE REHABILITATION BACK INTO COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE AID CONCENTRATING ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WELFARE PROJECTS.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£9.2m
Latest spending
£8.7m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised over £8.85m and spent around £8.38m during the year, maintaining unrestricted reserves of £6.09m. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that reserves are sufficient to cover three months of operating costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“No employees received emoluments (including pension costs) more than £60,000 per annum (2024: £nil).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: unclear
“SKT Welfare raised over £8.85m including Gift Aid.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months operating costs (reserves figure: £6.1m)
“The Charity’s reserve policy is to hold equivalent to three months operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Asif Hussain, a Trustee of the charity, was paid £10,333 (2024: £nil) for his services to the charity as an employee.
“During the period, Asif Hussain, a Trustee of the charity, was paid £10,333 (2024: £nil) for his services to the charity as an employee. These payments are approved by the Charity Commission. No other trustees nor any persons connected with them have received any remuneration from the charity or any related entity, either in the current or prior year.” — page 67
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: SKTW Ventures Ltd is a trading subsidiary of SKT Welfare. It supports our charitable activities by retailing high-quality types of dates across the UK. The registered address of SKTW Ventures Ltd is 652 Huddersfield Rd, Dewsbury, WF13 3HP.
“SKTW Ventures Ltd is a trading subsidiary of SKT Welfare. It supports our charitable activities by retailing high-quality types of dates across the UK. The registered address of SKTW Ventures Ltd is 652 Huddersfield Rd, Dewsbury, WF13 3HP.”
“In 2025 a Gift Aid payment of £19,572 (2024: £557) was receivable from SKTW Ventures Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the Company in the Year Ended 30 September 2025.” — page 64
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: In 2025 a Gift Aid payment of £19,572 (2024: £557) was receivable from SKTW Ventures Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the Company in the Year Ended 30 September 2025.
“SKTW Ventures Ltd is a trading subsidiary of SKT Welfare. It supports our charitable activities by retailing high-quality types of dates across the UK. The registered address of SKTW Ventures Ltd is 652 Huddersfield Rd, Dewsbury, WF13 3HP.”
“In 2025 a Gift Aid payment of £19,572 (2024: £557) was receivable from SKTW Ventures Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the Company in the Year Ended 30 September 2025.” — page 64
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: At the period-end 30 September 2025, SKT Welfare is owed £545,113 (2024: £602,860) in relation to the SKT Date Project activity.
“SKTW Ventures Ltd is a trading subsidiary of SKT Welfare. It supports our charitable activities by retailing high-quality types of dates across the UK. The registered address of SKTW Ventures Ltd is 652 Huddersfield Rd, Dewsbury, WF13 3HP.”
“In 2025 a Gift Aid payment of £19,572 (2024: £557) was receivable from SKTW Ventures Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the Company in the Year Ended 30 September 2025.” — page 64
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The organisation holds investment properties in Turkey to further its objectives and these are held in trust by Asif Hussain, a Trustee of the organisation.
“SKTW Ventures Ltd is a trading subsidiary of SKT Welfare. It supports our charitable activities by retailing high-quality types of dates across the UK. The registered address of SKTW Ventures Ltd is 652 Huddersfield Rd, Dewsbury, WF13 3HP.”
“In 2025 a Gift Aid payment of £19,572 (2024: £557) was receivable from SKTW Ventures Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the Company in the Year Ended 30 September 2025.” — page 64
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The organisation also owns land and buildings in Turkey and are held in Trust with SKT Ihracat Ithalat Gida Insaat Saniyi Ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi, a registered company (reg. no. 7721233125) in Turkey where Asif Hussain is a shareholder.
“SKTW Ventures Ltd is a trading subsidiary of SKT Welfare. It supports our charitable activities by retailing high-quality types of dates across the UK. The registered address of SKTW Ventures Ltd is 652 Huddersfield Rd, Dewsbury, WF13 3HP.”
“In 2025 a Gift Aid payment of £19,572 (2024: £557) was receivable from SKTW Ventures Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the Company in the Year Ended 30 September 2025.” — page 64
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: SKTW Ventures Ltd
“SKTW Ventures Ltd is a trading subsidiary of SKT Welfare. It supports our charitable activities by retailing high-quality types of dates across the UK.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xaviers Accountants Limited. Discloses 6 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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 300
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 31/07/2024, 1 day after the 30/07/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SKT - WELFARE (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£9.2m
Total spending
£8.7m
Cost of raising funds
£619k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 6.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Bangladesh · Lebanon · Morocco · New Zealand · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan · Syria · Tanzania · Turkey · Uganda · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£9.2m£8.7m
30/09/2024£8.3m£9.9m
30/09/2023£16.2m£14.0m
31/03/2022£10.1m£7.9m
31/03/2021£6.7m£6.0m

Common questions

Is SKT WELFARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity raised over £8.85m and spent around £8.38m during the year, maintaining unrestricted reserves of £6.09m. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that reserves are sufficient to cover three months of operating costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xaviers Accountants Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of SKT WELFARE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band.

Who funds SKT WELFARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SKT WELFARE as a grant recipient include THE WORLD FEDERATION OF KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITIES, THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

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 SHELTER COMMUNITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SKT WELFARE£9.2mmore than £60,0000unclear—no doubt
SHELTER COMMUNITY FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt
MANKIND WELFARE TRUST FY2025£921k—0below—no doubt
PS FOUNDATION FY2025£560k—0unclear—no doubt
SHELTER FROM THE STORM FY2026£549k—0within—no doubt
S K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£232k—0above—no doubt

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