Al Gailani Welfare Foundation

Analysis

Al Gailani Welfare Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in November 2010, 16 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Al Gailani Welfare Foundation reported income of £29k and spending of £32k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £552 to £29k (+5207%), an average of +170% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Al Gailani Welfare Foundation sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Doncaster Youth for Christ (£29k), South-East London Christadelphian Ecclesia (£29k) and North East Churches Acting Together (£29k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.