SHIFFA

Registered charity 1191983 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Shiffa helps provide relief work abroad in general and specifically helps fund an Orphanage and Girls College in Pakistan.

Objects

ÔTHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR ISLAMIC FAITH, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING ALL, IRRESPECTIVE OF FAITH, IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD AID, EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS, DISASTER AND THE EFFECTS OF WAR RELIEF, ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, AND ANY OTHER AVENUE DEEMED SUITABLE THROUGH: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO MEET THESE AIMS.Ö

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£179k
Latest spending
£196k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £16,631 for the year, resulting in negative unrestricted free reserves of £14,910. Despite this deficit, the trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing no legal commitments for project funding, no employee costs, and flexible loan terms from a donor. The charity relies entirely on volunteers and individual donor funding to sustain its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% of income)
“Voluntary donations received in the period amounted to £179,396”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-15k; policy: retain the assets in perpetuity)
“At 31 October 2025, the charity held reserves of negative £14,910 (2024: £2,996) as unrestricted and undesignated free reserves.”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Pakistan · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£179k£196k
31/10/2024£95k£97k
31/10/2023£89k£80k
31/10/2022£146k£160k
31/10/2021£45k£31k

Common questions

Is SHIFFA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £16,631 for the year, resulting in negative unrestricted free reserves of £14,910. Despite this deficit, the trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing no legal commitments for project funding, no employee costs, and flexible loan terms from a donor. The charity relies entirely on volunteers and individual donor funding to sustain its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.