Balqees Welfare Foundation

Analysis

Balqees Welfare Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Balqees Welfare Foundation reported income of £933k and spending of £1.3m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £933k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Balqees Welfare Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Real Farming Trust (£930k), The Corton Hill Trust (£933k) and The Simon & Elizabeth Batey Charitable Trust (£929k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 27 months of spending at that rate.