Firdaus Foundations

Analysis

Firdaus Foundations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Firdaus Foundations reported income of £44k and spending of £70k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £26k to £44k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Firdaus Foundations sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anno Domini Charity Trust International Limited (£44k), George and Thomas Henry Salter Trust (£44k) and Life Central (£44k).

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.