LAJNA IMA'ILLAH (UK)

Registered charity 1189468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AHMADIYYA MUSLIM WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (UK), AMWA (UK), NASIRATUL AHMADIYYA (UK)

For women to come together to increase their knowledge and to help people in need! Lajna carried out outreach work and social welfare activities throughout the country including donating PPE to hospitals, delivering prescriptions, assisting the elderly, providing essential food packages for NHS staff, registering as NHS volunteer responders, handicraft activities and physical health programmes.

Objects

1.TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH AS EXPOUNDED BY HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD OF QADIAN, THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND THE FOUNDER OF THE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN ISLAM AND INTERPRETED BY HIS SUCCESSOR KNOWN AS KHALIFATUL MASIH AND EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES.2.THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS.3.THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POVERTY OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, BURSARIES, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE OBJECTS.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £50,458 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £1,841,492. The trustees confirmed that the budgeted income and expenditure, combined with the level of reserves, are sufficient to allow the charity to continue as a going concern. The charity is reliant on voluntary donations from its members, which the trustees describe as having a very low risk to income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to facilitate the continuity of operations (held: £1.0m)
“The trustees believe this should provide sufficient funds to facilitate the continuity of operations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations made by trustees to the charity
“Donations made by trustees to the charity in 2025 totalled £1,638 (2024: £2,104)” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Pertax Accountancy Ltd. 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — AMWA (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£31k
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.4m£1.4m
30/09/2024£1.5m£1.3m
30/09/2023£1.1m£1.0m
30/09/2022£905k£751k
30/09/2021£1.2m£183k

Common questions

Is LAJNA IMA'ILLAH (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £50,458 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £1,841,492. The trustees confirmed that the budgeted income and expenditure, combined with the level of reserves, are sufficient to allow the charity to continue as a going concern. The charity is reliant on voluntary donations from its members, which the trustees describe as having a very low risk to income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Pertax Accountancy Ltd.

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
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£85k
THE RCN FOUNDATION1£30k
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAJLIS KHUDDAMUL AHMADIYYA (UK).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LAJNA IMA'ILLAH (UK)£1.4m—0above—no doubt
MAJLIS KHUDDAMUL AHMADIYYA (UK) FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
THE BRITISH ISLES PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF SISTERS OF CHARITY OF JESUS AND MARY FY2025£2.8m——within—no doubt
JAMIA ISLAMIA ISHAATUL ULOOM UK FY2024£531k—0unclear—no doubt
WAFA RELIEF FY2025£560k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON NORTH WEST HEALTHCARE CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£769k—3above—no doubt

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