Iraqi Welfare Association

Analysis

Iraqi Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Iraqi Welfare Association reported income of £96k and spending of £162k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £995k to £96k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Iraqi Welfare Association sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Washington Community Food Project (£96k), Community Lions Foundation (£96k) and British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (£96k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.