The Lebanese Welfare Shia Ithna Asheri Trust

Analysis

The Lebanese Welfare Shia Ithna Asheri Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Lebanese Welfare Shia Ithna Asheri Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £98k, spending 241% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £124k to £41k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lebanese Welfare Shia Ithna Asheri Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thomas Fryer Almshouses (£41k), The Denise Foundation UK (£41k) and Overflow Church (£41k).

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.