LIA RELIEF TRUST

Registered charity 1156537 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relieving financial hardship, distress and suffering among poor people, victims of natural and man-made disastersand other people in needAdvancing education for the benefit of the poor, the underprivileged and the general public.Relieving sickness and to preserve good health among the poor and underprivilegedAdvancing the religion of Islam

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.1m

Latest spending

£2.4m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £4,051,261 in donations and incurred £2,192,251 in charitable expenditure, resulting in a net income of £1,695,494. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are held to cover administrative costs for the following year, while restricted funds are earmarked for long-term projects. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: utilise the funds as is received within a year of obtaining them (held: £2.0m)

“We aim to utilise the funds as is received within a year of obtaining them. Reserves are held for long-term projects and responding to emergencies and catastrophes.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SKM Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08615705

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.

SULEMAN, Musa — director, appointed 13/09/2017on trustee list
MAHOMED, Ayub — director, appointed 18/07/2013on trustee list
MAKADAM, Mohammed Ashraf, Dr — director, appointed 18/07/2013on trustee list
DESAI, Iqbal Alibhai — director, appointed 18/07/2013on trustee list
PATEL, Abdulhaq Ismail — director, appointed 18/07/2013on trustee list
SULEMAN, Hussein Ismail — director, appointed 18/07/2013on trustee list
PATAS, Anvar — director, appointed 18/07/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£4.1m

Total spending

£2.4m

Cost of raising funds

£161k

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

AYUB MAHOMEDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ABDULHAQ PATEL · trustee of 2 other charities
ANVAR PATAS · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr MOHAMED HUSSEIN MUKADAM · trustee of 1 other charity
HUSSEIN SULEMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
IQBAL ALIBHAI DESAI · trustee of 1 other charity
Mohammed ASHRAF MAKADAM · trustee of 3 other charities
Musa Suleman · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · India · Jordan · Leicester City · Malawi · Pakistan · Turkey · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£4.1m	£2.4m
31/07/2024	£3.9m	£2.6m
31/07/2023	£2.9m	£2.8m
31/07/2022	£1.8m	£898k
31/07/2021	£2.1m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is LIA RELIEF TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity raised £4,051,261 in donations and incurred £2,192,251 in charitable expenditure, resulting in a net income of £1,695,494. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are held to cover administrative costs for the following year, while restricted funds are earmarked for long-term projects. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SKM Chartered Accountants.

Who funds LIA RELIEF TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIA RELIEF TRUST as a grant recipient include MAJI PATEL FOUNDATION, VALLI CHARITABLE TRUST, SAYABAN WELFARE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MAJI PATEL FOUNDATION	FY2025	£25k	Hardship
VALLI CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£24k
VALLI CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
VALLI CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k	Donations payable in furtherance of the charity's objects
VALLI CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Donations payable in furtherance of the charity's objects
SAYABAN WELFARE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Toilet project

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
KINDGIVING FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERCY TO HUMANITY.

MERCY TO HUMANITY income £6.1m
THE QAMAR TRUST income £1.1m
LADY SUMAYYA HUMANITARIAN AID FOUNDATION LIMITED income £220k
JAMIATUS SALIHAT TRUST income £156k
THE ADFAL TRUST income £130k
C.B.C. CHARITABLE TRUST income £825k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LIA RELIEF TRUST	£4.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
MERCY TO HUMANITY FY2025	£6.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE QAMAR TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LADY SUMAYYA HUMANITARIAN AID FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JAMIATUS SALIHAT TRUST FY2025	£156k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ADFAL TRUST FY2025	£130k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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