HINDAWI FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1181788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Translating into Arabic and publishing literary works (including scientific, learned, academic, other non-fiction and fictional works). Publishing or republishing literary works originally written in Arabic (including scientific, learned, academic, other non-fiction and fictional works). Making translated works and Arabic content freely digitally available.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, INCLUDING BUT NOT ONLY ARABIC SPEAKING PEOPLE, IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) TRANSLATING INTO THE ARABIC LANGUAGE LITERARY (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SCIENTIFIC, LEARNED, ACADEMIC, FICTIONAL AND OTHER NON-FICTIONAL) WORKS AND PUBLISHING THESE TRANSLATIONS; AND (B) PUBLISHING OR REPUBLISHING LITERARY (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SCIENTIFIC, LEARNED, ACADEMIC, FICTIONAL AND OTHER NON-FICTIONAL) WORKS WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN ARABIC; AND3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at $6,751,949, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover running costs for a number of years despite a net expenditure for the period. The charity is actively diversifying income sources to mitigate the moderate risk of dependency on current funding streams. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 5 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~191.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Ahmed Hindawichair
• Cornelius James O'Donnell
• Dr Andrew Kitchin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Nadia Suhaila Oweidat
• Dr Nagwa Abdelmottaleb

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

Operates in: Egypt · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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