ONE UMMAH

Registered charity 1168565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ONE UMMAH CHARITY

One Ummah Charity works to relieve poverty both locally here in the UK and Internationally. Our main work involves providing emergency aid in disaster stricken areas around the world. We also provide long term sustainable projects which benefit on going benefits to those in need.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£24.4m

Latest spending

£29.4m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £4,967,188 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £13.8m to £8.9m. The trustees report that unrestricted general reserves stood at £571,449, which is below the stated policy target of six months of core operational budget. The independent auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the core operational budget (held: £571k)

“the current target level of reserves of six months of the core operational budget was deemed sufficient.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees claimed expenses

“During the year expenses amounting to £464 (2024 - £Nil) were claimed by trustees in respect of costs incurred on behalf of the charity. There were no related party transactions in the year.” — page 61

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lyons & Co Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — One Ummah Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£24.4m

Total spending

£29.4m

Cost of raising funds

£1.8m

Reserves (reported)

£571k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 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: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

SABAHAT HUSSAIN · trustee of 1 other charity
SAQIB JAMEEL SATTAR · trustee of 1 other charity
ZAKIR MAHMOUD

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Burma · India · Jordan · Kenya · Lebanon · Malawi · Mauritania · Morocco · Niger · Occupied Palestinian Territories

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£24.4m	£29.4m
31/03/2024	£30.2m	£27.2m
31/03/2023	£21.7m	£16.7m
31/03/2022	£16.4m	£13.9m
31/03/2021	£11.7m	£10.1m

Common questions

Is ONE UMMAH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £4,967,188 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £13.8m to £8.9m. The trustees report that unrestricted general reserves stood at £571,449, which is below the stated policy target of six months of core operational budget. The independent auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lyons & Co Ltd.

Who funds ONE UMMAH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ONE UMMAH as a grant recipient include SABEEL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
SABEEL FOUNDATION	FY2024	£165k
SABEEL FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
SABEEL FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELPING UMMAH.

HELPING UMMAH income £117k
AID 4 UMMAH income £2.4m
UMMAH APPEAL income £523k
GLOBAL UMMAH TRUST income £351k
IAC-UK income £804k
ZIA UL UMMAH FOUNDATION income £267k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ONE UMMAH	£24.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HELPING UMMAH FY2025	£117k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
AID 4 UMMAH FY2025	£2.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UMMAH APPEAL FY2025	£523k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GLOBAL UMMAH TRUST FY2025	£351k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IAC-UK FY2025	£804k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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