Al-Wadud Welfare and Educational Trust

Analysis

Al-Wadud Welfare and Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidcup. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Al-Wadud Welfare and Educational Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £2,819, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,195 to £19k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 504%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Al-Wadud Welfare and Educational Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of London Ragamuffins Benevolent Fund (£19k), Charity of Thomas Amphlett (£19k) and Stone Parochial Charity (£19k).