Wadi Howar Welfare Trust

Analysis

Wadi Howar Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wadi Howar Welfare Trust reported income of £78k and spending of £13k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £57k to £78k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wadi Howar Welfare Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Air Pilots Benevolent Fund (£78k), Eagle Christian Fellowship (£78k) and Rehoboth Children's Homes Trust (£78k).