Nour Al-Sham Foundation

Analysis

Nour Al-Sham Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nour Al-Sham Foundation reported income of £93k and spending of £77k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £110k to £93k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Nour Al-Sham Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Merseyside Somali and Community Association (£92k), Devizes and District Foodbank (£93k) and Sayaban Welfare Trust (£92k).