WABIL

Registered charity 291922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A WORLD WITHOUT BARRIERS, CRESCENT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL, HELPTHEPOOR.NET, ISLAMIC-CHARITY.COM (WABIL) HELPTHEPOOR.NET, THE WORLD AHL UL-BAYT (A S ) ISLAMIC LEAGUE (W A B I L )

The World Ahlul Bayt (AS) Islamic League (WABIL) is a registered charity working primarily for the advancement of Islamic Shia religion and for the advancement of education and relief of poverty amongst those of the Islamic Shia religion.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.4m

Latest spending

£3.0m

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £785,283 for the year, driven largely by a £1.2 million loss on the revaluation of investment property. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and has adopted the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: appropriate to the charity's objectives (held: £2.9m)

“The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be appropriate to the charity's objectives.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£3.4m

Total spending

£3.0m

Reserves (reported)

£2.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~11.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

EMAD DEAN HILLI · trustee of 1 other charity
SAYYED MOHAMMED MUSAWI

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bangladesh · India · Iraq · Liberia · Pakistan · Senegal · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.4m	£3.0m
31/03/2024	£4.4m	£4.4m
31/03/2023	£3.7m	£4.4m
31/03/2022	£3.4m	£2.9m
31/03/2021	£3.2m	£2.7m

Common questions

Is WABIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £785,283 for the year, driven largely by a £1.2 million loss on the revaluation of investment property. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and has adopted the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

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 LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£520k
MAJI PATEL FOUNDATION	1	£26k
KINDGIVING FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM.

KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM income £3.0m
MERCY TO HUMANITY income £6.1m
ABRAR ISLAMIC FOUNDATION income £318k
MUSLIM CULTURAL & WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF SUTTON (MCWAS) income £424k
UNITED KINGDOM TURKISH ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION income £292k
WOLVERHAMPTON MOSQUE TRUST income £318k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WABIL	£3.4m	—	within	—	no doubt
KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM FY2025	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MERCY TO HUMANITY FY2025	£6.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ABRAR ISLAMIC FOUNDATION FY2025	£318k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MUSLIM CULTURAL & WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF SUTTON (MCWAS) FY2024	£424k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNITED KINGDOM TURKISH ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£292k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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