Shah Walayat Foundation

Analysis

Shah Walayat Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halifax. It was registered in September 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shah Walayat Foundation reported income of £93k and spending of £56k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £186k to £93k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 39% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shah Walayat Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% 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 FFH Educational Trust (£93k), Sikh Welfare and Research Trust (£93k) and Faith Alive Church (£93k).