Rahela Trust for Afghan women's education

Registered charity 1165763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FARKHUNDA TRUST (FTAWE), FARKHUNDA TRUST FOR AFGHAN WOMEN'S EDUCATION

Rahela Trust provides financial support to enable young Afghan disadvantaged women to pursue higher education.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£229k

Latest spending

£252k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the organization operates in full compliance with statutory requirements and its governing constitution. The filing notes that the balance sheet shows a comparatively high level of reserves, which is attributed to the timing of disbursements to partners rather than accumulated surplus.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Liz Mermin
KAMINI PAUL
Marika Patrick Theros
Mel Bradley
Samantha Rennie
Sear Sadat

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£229k	£252k
31/03/2025	£176k	£160k
31/03/2024	£61k	£47k
31/03/2023	£34k	£37k
31/03/2022	£52k	£36k

Common questions

Is Rahela Trust for Afghan women's education financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the organization operates in full compliance with statutory requirements and its governing constitution. The filing notes that the balance sheet shows a comparatively high level of reserves, which is attributed to the timing of disbursements to partners rather than accumulated surplus. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/12/2025	£20k	Golden Links
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/02/2024	£142k	Connecting and Strengthening Afghan Diaspora Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/10/2021	£10k	Development Officer

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
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£84k
THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

THE RAHULA TRUST income £146k
ELRAHMA CHARITY TRUST income £798k
RABIA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £131k
GHAZALI EDUCATION TRUST (UK) LIMITED income £124k
TARAJ EDUCATION TRUST income £126k
THE MATLIWALA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Rahela Trust for Afghan women's education	£229k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RAHULA TRUST FY2025	£146k	—	above	—	no doubt
ELRAHMA CHARITY TRUST FY2024	£798k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RABIA EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£131k	—	above	—	no doubt
GHAZALI EDUCATION TRUST (UK) LIMITED FY2024	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TARAJ EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt

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