THE ABASEEN FOUNDATION U.K.

Registered charity 1157009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q132471655

The Foundations objectives are for such exclusively charitable purposes for the benefits of the inhabitants of Pakistan in particular but not exclusively for the provision of financial assistance, advice and goods and equipment to the Abaseen Foundation in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Objects

FOR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF PAKISTAN (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ADVISE AND GOODS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE ABASEEN FOUNDATION IN PESHAWAR, NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, PAKISTAN.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lancaster, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£234k

Latest spending

£247k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £13,401 for the year, with unrestricted reserves falling to £26,255. The trustees state that this level of reserves is maintained in line with their policy of holding one to two months of expenditure. They note a period of uncertainty regarding future funding but confirm the charity will utilize government support and bank facilities if required to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Income from donations and legacies” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between one and two month's expenditure (reserves figure: £26k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between one and two month's expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The trustees will continue to monitor free reserves carefully and will avail themselves of the support that Government has pledged, when and if required, to operate with available cash reserves and bank facilities through this period of uncertainty.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 25
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

Volunteers: 5
Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income

£688k

Total spending

£598k

Reserves (reported)

£132k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/04/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Le Mare
Eileen Waddington
Erica Lewis
HAFIZA SULEMAN
HELEN BINGLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
Hassan Rehmani
INAYAT MUNSHI
Ikrash Mohammad Humayun
Keith Owen
MICHAEL JOSEPH MCKEOWN
NICOLA MARY LOWE
Peter Nicholas Ansell · trustee of 1 other charity
Robina Afzal
Shakil Salam

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

Operates in: Pakistan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£234k	£247k
31/03/2024	£258k	£227k
31/03/2023	£310k	£361k
31/03/2022	£221k	£224k
31/03/2021	£688k	£598k

Common questions

Is THE ABASEEN FOUNDATION U.K. financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £13,401 for the year, with unrestricted reserves falling to £26,255. The trustees state that this level of reserves is maintained in line with their policy of holding one to two months of expenditure. They note a period of uncertainty regarding future funding but confirm the charity will utilize government support and bank facilities if required to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£185k

Charities like this

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

QED FOUNDATION LIMITED income £296k
BALQEES WELFARE FOUNDATION income £933k
PAK FOUNDATION income £348k
BASEERA income £86k
SAAYA income £19k
GHAZALI EDUCATION TRUST (UK) LIMITED income £124k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ABASEEN FOUNDATION U.K.	£234k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
QED FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2026	£296k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BALQEES WELFARE FOUNDATION FY2025	£933k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PAK FOUNDATION FY2026	£348k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BASEERA FY2025	£86k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
SAAYA FY2024	£19k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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