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ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE

Registered charity 328158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISLAMIC RELIEF · also registered in Scotland as SC042020 (OSCR)

1. Responding to emergencies2. Caring for orphans and children in need3. Supporting education4. Providing access to health care and water5. Promoting sustainable livelihood6. Campaigning and advocacy on humanitrian issues

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£239.0m
Latest spending
£241.0m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £239 million from £275 million in the prior year, primarily due to lower donor response rather than reduced need. The charity maintains a robust financial position with total reserves of £119.5 million, including £9.6 million in freely available unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately six months of forecast core expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of forecast core expenditure (held: £9.6m)
“Based on this assessment, a target free reserves level of £9.3 million, equivalent to approximately six months of forecast core expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 28
“In 2025 a gift aid payment of £85,733 (2024: £108,997) was received from TIC International Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the company in 2024.” — page 68
“In 2025 a grant of £450,000 (2024: £nil) was made to International Waqf Fund. As at the end of December 2025, the creditor relationship between Islamic Relief Worldwide and International Waqf Fund stands at £521,533 (2024: £40,832).” — page 68
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 28
“In 2025 a gift aid payment of £85,733 (2024: £108,997) was received from TIC International Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the company in 2024.” — page 68
“In 2025 a grant of £450,000 (2024: £nil) was made to International Waqf Fund. As at the end of December 2025, the creditor relationship between Islamic Relief Worldwide and International Waqf Fund stands at £521,533 (2024: £40,832).” — page 68
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 28
“In 2025 a gift aid payment of £85,733 (2024: £108,997) was received from TIC International Ltd representing the taxable profits generated by the company in 2024.” — page 68
“In 2025 a grant of £450,000 (2024: £nil) was made to International Waqf Fund. As at the end of December 2025, the creditor relationship between Islamic Relief Worldwide and International Waqf Fund stands at £521,533 (2024: £40,832).” — page 68
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: TIC International Limited
“Islamic Relief has two subsidiaries: TIC International Limited and the International Waqf Fund. TIC International Limited is a trading subsidiary of Islamic Relief Worldwide, which supports our fundraising activities by recycling clothes and running charity shops across the UK.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

TIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £3.7m
  • Profit before tax: £10k

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

Property (HM Land Registry)

19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £214k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (300,606 likes) · instagram (18K followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£239.0m
Total spending
£241.0m
Cost of raising funds
£21.7m
Reserves (reported)
£39.8m
Employees
554

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Albania · Bangladesh · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Burma · Egypt · Ethiopia · India · Indonesia · Iraq · Ireland · Jordan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£239.0m£241.0m
31/12/2024£275.6m£303.8m
31/12/2023£274.7m£235.1m
31/12/2022£234.2m£193.2m
31/12/2021£182.9m£173.5m

Common questions

Is ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £239 million from £275 million in the prior year, primarily due to lower donor response rather than reduced need. The charity maintains a robust financial position with total reserves of £119.5 million, including £9.6 million in freely available unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately six months of forecast core expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP.

Who funds ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE as a grant recipient include SHELTERBOX TRUST, INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.K, THE CMA WELFARE TRUST, CATHOLIC AGENCY FOR OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT, START NETWORK.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SHELTERBOX TRUSTFY2023£747kPakistan floods
SHELTERBOX TRUSTFY2022£566kPakistan Floods
SHELTERBOX TRUSTFY2025£421kAfghanistan
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.KFY2025£287kIncome received by IRC UK.
SHELTERBOX TRUSTFY2025£185kPakistan Floods
THE CMA WELFARE TRUSTFY2025£135kZakat and Sadaqa
SHELTERBOX TRUSTFY2024£128kPakistan Floods
THE CMA WELFARE TRUSTFY2026£113kZakat and Sadaqa
CATHOLIC AGENCY FOR OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTFY2024£96kInstitutional and other grants
THE CMA WELFARE TRUSTFY2024£96kZakat and Sadaqa
START NETWORKFY2024£89k
GIVE A GIFTFY2022£83kGrants Breakdown
GIVE A GIFTFY2023£76k
THE CMA WELFARE TRUSTFY2023£65kZakat and Sadaqa
GIVE A GIFTFY2024£62kMain Grants
THE CMA WELFARE TRUSTFY2022£59kZakat and Sadaqah
ETHAR RELIEFFY2023£35kSudan Projects
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£28k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£22k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
MOHAMMADI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10kProvision of religious education & relief of overt costs
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
MUSLIM WELFARE BOARDFY2025£10k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10k
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£4k
NASSERPURIA MEMON UKFY2024£2kLibya Earthquake
NASSERPURIA MEMON UKFY2025£2kLibya Earthquake
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500

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
IHELP GLOBAL1—
PENNY APPEAL1£644k
ISSA FOUNDATION1£415k
MAJI PATEL FOUNDATION1£26k
GLOBAL RELIEF TRUST1£23k
SAVE THE MOTHERS TRUST (SMT)1£5k
KINDGIVING FOUNDATION1£3k
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust1£700

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ISLAMIC HELP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE£239.0m——unclear—no doubt
ISLAMIC HELP FY2025£11.0m—0below—no doubt
MUSLIM CHARITY HELPING THE NEEDY FY2025£8.1m—0above—no doubt
MUSLIM AID FY2024£23.7m——unclear14.3%no doubt
NOOR RELIEF FUND FY2024£1.5m—0above—no doubt
MUSLIM RELIEF FY2025£161k—0unclear—no doubt

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