AL-ZAKI

Registered charity 1198619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes

Objects

2 OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:2.1 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL REGIONS ACROSS THE WORLD BUT PRINCIPALLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, PAKISTAN, AND EAST AFRICA WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SUPPORTING ORPHANED CHILDREN AND WIDOWS BY:(A) PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS, GOODS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR LOCAL CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS(B) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT(C) ADVANCING THE AVAILABILITY OF AND ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND IMPORTANCE OF SANITATION AND GOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES FOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER(D) ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE AND HYGIENIC WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING 2.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN PAKISTAN, TANZANIA, KENYA AND UGANDA BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL GRANTS TO HELP PAY FOR EDUCATION FEES AND PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income

£86k

Latest spending

£114k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £(1,492), a decrease from £25,873 the previous year, due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees report that the charity's policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, but the current negative balance indicates this target is not met. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: −£1k)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Jaffer Ahmed Jafferchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Nowsheen Jaffer · trustee of 1 other charity
Sajida Jaffer

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

Operates in: Kenya · Pakistan · Tanzania · Throughout England · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£86k	£114k
31/12/2024	£80k	£87k
31/12/2023	£84k	£102k
31/12/2022	£77k	£27k

Common questions

Is AL-ZAKI financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £(1,492), a decrease from £25,873 the previous year, due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees report that the charity's policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, but the current negative balance indicates this target is not met. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£210k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£90k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£26k
RONTADES LIMITED	1	£25k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£25k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	1	£20k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
CLASSQUOTE LIMITED	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHAAREI TZEDAKAH.

SHAAREI TZEDAKAH income £112k
Al Khidma income £704k
AL-JALAL ISLAMIC SOCIETY income £125k
ZAHID MUBAREK TRUST LTD income £429k
EZER MIKOIDESH FOUNDATION income £493k
ZAKARIYYA MASJID income £340k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AL-ZAKI	£86k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHAAREI TZEDAKAH FY2025	£112k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Al Khidma FY2025	£704k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AL-JALAL ISLAMIC SOCIETY FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ZAHID MUBAREK TRUST LTD FY2025	£429k	£60,000 - £69,999	1	unclear	—	no doubt
EZER MIKOIDESH FOUNDATION FY2025	£493k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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