Bismillah Aid

Analysis

Bismillah Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bismillah Aid reported income of £46k and spending of £41k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £54k to £46k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bismillah Aid sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Penzance Trust Fund (£46k), Safeena (£46k) and Bilston Community Association (£46k).