AISHAH HELP

Registered charity 1184050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AISHAH HELP LTD

To advance such charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales as the board members see fit from time to time, including: The prevention or relief of poverty, advancement of education, health or the saving of lives, citizenship or community development. The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES)AS THE BOARD MEMBERS SEE FIT 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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£66k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £20,259 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a decrease in total income to £86,372 compared to the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £16,223, which the trustees consider appropriate against their policy target of 1–3 months of core operating costs. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities with adequate resources to meet obligations as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and Donations (56% of income)
“Grants and Donations 86,372”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 1–3 months of core operating costs (reserves figure: £16k)
“The target level of reserves is typically 1–3 months of core operating costs, reviewed annually.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 75
  • Government income: £180,748 — grants £180,748 (6); 77% of the £233,686 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £87,344 — grants £87,344 (5); 76% of the £115,463 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 05/02/2024, 5 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£86k£66k
31/03/2024£234k£227k
31/03/2023£115k£114k
31/03/2022£162k£137k
31/03/2021£122k£114k

Common questions

Is AISHAH HELP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £20,259 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a decrease in total income to £86,372 compared to the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £16,223, which the trustees consider appropriate against their policy target of 1–3 months of core operating costs. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities with adequate resources to meet obligations as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AISHAH HELP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AISHAH HELP as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2026£21kTackling pensioner poverty
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£20kTackling pensioner poverty
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£15kCommunity Support for Older People
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kTackling pensioner poverty
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kIT skills project
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£6kCommunity Reconnect
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kEquipment and materials, volunteer expenses and facilitator costs for this charity aimed at improving the lives of older people.
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£1kCore Costs and Provision of Emergency Support

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2025£20kGreen Amanah
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2022£50kMind The Gap

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED1£6k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST1£4k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AISHAH HELP£86k—0unclear—no doubt
ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE FY2024£223k—0unclear—no doubt
AGHOSH UK FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
UMMAH HELP FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
OHR YESHAYA FY2025£308k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ISAIAH PROJECT FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt

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