Asharaf Union Trust

Analysis

Asharaf Union Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Asharaf Union Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £15k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £98k to £20k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Asharaf Union Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soteria City International Gospel Church (£20k), Rotary Club of Whiteley Charitable Trust Fund (£20k) and Witton Islamic Centre (£20k).