AKAAL AID

Registered charity 1164420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AKAAL TRUST

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN THE UK AND INDIA BY PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER NECESSARY ITEMS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN THE UK AND INDIA BY PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER NECESSARY ITEMS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £90,526 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £163,210 from £253,736 the previous year. The trustees consider the current reserves to be sufficient for foreseeable future requirements and confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Akaal Aid (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHANDER SHEKHAR GURU
• SUKHDEV SINGH
• SURINDER PAL S JHALLI

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · India · Nottingham City · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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