INTERNATIONAL WAQF FUND

Registered charity 1162805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISLAMIC RELIEF WAQF

Fundraising and distribution to charitable programmes

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

Latest income

£360k

Latest spending

£381k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,938 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to the absence of a £400,000 grant from its parent company. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a healthy financial position with unrestricted reserves of £234,594, which exceed the policy target of six months of core operating costs estimated at £200,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One member of staff earned more than £60,000 in the year (2023: Nil)” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of core operating costs, currently estimated at £200,000 (held: £235k)

“The policy sets a target to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to six months of core operating costs, currently estimated at £200,000.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 1 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08612172

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.

ABBAS, Shaher, Dr — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
AHMED, Ari Hasan Ahmed, Dr — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
AHMED, Maqbool — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
AZIZ, Aqsa Noreen, Dr — director, appointed 09/07/2023on trustee list
SAMSUDDIN, Magdalena Binti — director, appointed 09/07/2023not on trustee list
AVDUKIC, Alija — director, appointed 03/04/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £325k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£852k

Total spending

£325k

Cost of raising funds

£196k

Reserves (reported)

£584k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~21.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 23.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Aqsa Noreen Azizchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ALIJA AVDUKIC · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Ari Hasan Ahmed Ahmed
Dr Shaher Abbas
Maqbool Ahmed

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Albania · Australia · Bangladesh · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Chad · China · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Germany · Haiti

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£360k	£381k
31/12/2023	£852k	£325k
31/12/2022	£1.0m	£369k
31/12/2021	£762k	£366k
31/12/2020	£730k	£401k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL WAQF FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,938 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to the absence of a £400,000 grant from its parent company. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a healthy financial position with unrestricted reserves of £234,594, which exceed the policy target of six months of core operating costs estimated at £200,000. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL WAQF FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL WAQF FUND as a grant recipient include MOTHER AND CHILD WELFARE ORGANISATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MOTHER AND CHILD WELFARE ORGANISATION	FY2022	£1k	General Donations

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	£25k

Charities like this

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

THE WAQF FUND income £563k
I WAQF CHARITABLE TRUST income £283k
NATIONAL WAQF FUND income £1.9m
ISRAELI CHARITY FOUNDATION income £124k
DA'WATUL ISLAM UK AND EIRE LIMITED income £2.4m
MATW PROJECT income £67.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INTERNATIONAL WAQF FUND	£360k	—	1	above	—	no doubt
THE WAQF FUND FY2024	£563k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
I WAQF CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£283k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL WAQF FUND FY2024	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ISRAELI CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2024	£124k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DA'WATUL ISLAM UK AND EIRE LIMITED FY2025	£2.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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