NOOR INTERNATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1187144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The support, mentoring and training of leaders of Christian churches & NGOs in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia & other nations. By organising conferences & workshops for leaders and church members, developing printed & online training materials, & making grants to churches & NGOs sharing these charitable purposes. Training UK churches to support & care for personnel working overseas.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:Ò THE SUPPORT, MENTORING AND TRAINING OF LEADERS OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND NGOS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA AND CENTRAL ASIAÒ ORGANISING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS FOR LEADERS AND CHURCH MEMBERSÒ DEVELOPING PRINTED AND ONLINE TRAINING MATERIALSÒ MAKING GRANTS TO CHURCHES AND NGOS SHARING THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSESÒ TRAINING UK CHURCHES TO SUPPORT AND CARE FOR PERSONNEL WORKING OVERSEASÒ TRAINING TEAMS WORKING FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING IN DIFFERENT NATIONSTHE OUTCOME OF THIS WORK WILL BENEFIT THE POOR AND VULNERABLE IN THESE NATIONS AS WELL AS INDIGENOUS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£39k

Latest spending

£80k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds decreased from £67,327 to £44,248 due to total payments exceeding receipts. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves at year-end exceeded their stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity is continuing its activities with no immediate threats to its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating costs (reserves figure: £44k)

“The trustees have agreed to hold reserves of three months operating costs for future years. The unrestricted cash funds held at the year end exceeded this amount.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Miles Bartholomew Jarvischair
David Lyall · trustee of 1 other charity
Karen Priest
MATTHEW SAMUEL PARTRIDGE · trustee of 2 other charities
Simon Gavin Walker · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cyprus · Egypt · Ethiopia · Greece · Iraq · Kenya · Lebanon · Pakistan · Throughout England · Turkey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£39k	£80k
31/12/2024	£83k	£63k
31/12/2023	£88k	£81k
31/12/2022	£64k	£66k
31/12/2021	£107k	£46k

Common questions

Is NOOR INTERNATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds decreased from £67,327 to £44,248 due to total payments exceeding receipts. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves at year-end exceeded their stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity is continuing its activities with no immediate threats to its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NOOR INTERNATIONAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NOOR INTERNATIONAL TRUST as a grant recipient include EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD, CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE ).

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

MATTHEW SAMUEL PARTRIDGE — trustee here and at EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD	FY2022	£5k	Other
CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE )	FY2023	£940	work in Cairo, Egypt

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
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP TRUST	1	£15k
CHAPEL OF LIFE	1	£8k

Charities like this

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

NOOR TRUST income £490k
CHARIS COMMUNICATIONS income £125k
ULTING OVERSEAS TRUST income £84k
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS UK TRUST income £665k
INCREASE TRUST UK income £71k
THE LONDON NOAH TRUST income £407k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NOOR INTERNATIONAL TRUST	£39k	—	above	—	no doubt
NOOR TRUST FY2025	£490k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARIS COMMUNICATIONS FY2025	£125k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ULTING OVERSEAS TRUST FY2025	£84k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS UK TRUST FY2025	£665k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
INCREASE TRUST UK FY2025	£71k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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