THE WHO IS HUSSAIN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1174175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Who is Hussain is a grassroots social justice movement, with teams operating in 90 cities around the world. Empowering communities worldwide, the charity facilitates the organisation of local events hosted by teams of volunteers to make a positive change in society, through giving back to those most in need. Events include blood donation drives, helping the homeless and feeding those most in need.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY, WHICH SHALL BE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND / OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES;TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS IN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £309,635 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income rising to £679,898 from £338,405 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £212,984, which is above the stated policy target of £50,000. The charity holds no defined-benefit pension deficits and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Esmat Jeraj · trustee of 2 other charities
• MOHAMEDALI GOKAL
• Saif Ali Al - Saraf

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

Operates in: Australia · Burundi · Canada · Congo (Democratic Republic) · France · Germany · Hong Kong · India · Kenya · Lebanon · Madagascar · Mauritius

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUSSAINI ISLAMIC MISSION.

• HUSSAINI ISLAMIC MISSION income £126k
• JMWM HUSSAIN FOUNDATION income £855k
• HUSSAINIA ISLAMIC MISSION income £110k
• IMAM HUSSEIN CHARITY income £615k
• THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION income £201k
• HASSANALI & JENNABAI VISRAM FOUNDATION (AKA H & J VISRAM FOUNDATION income £174k

Side by side with its peers

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