Akaal Aid

Analysis

Akaal Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Akaal Aid reported income of £687k and spending of £778k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £687k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Akaal Aid sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nas Uwt Benevolent Funds (£687k), Congregation Vyoel Moshe D'satmer Charitable Trust (£688k) and Community Furniture Store (York) Ltd (£687k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 5.1%. It employed 2 people.

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.