Bismillah Welfare Foundation

Analysis

Bismillah Welfare Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bismillah Welfare Foundation reported income of £38k and spending of £61k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £38k (+253%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bismillah Welfare Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lakenheath Peace Memorial Hall (£38k), 1voice - Communicating Together (£38k) and Friends of Survivors Against Domestic Abuse (Sada) (£38k).