Zia Ul Ummah Foundation

Analysis

Zia Ul Ummah Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05256863). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Zia Ul Ummah Foundation reported income of £267k and spending of £311k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £291k to £267k (-8.2%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Zia Ul Ummah Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elpold Charities Limited (£267k), The NGM Trust (£267k) and Hope Church Harrogate (£267k).

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.