Azad Kashmir Welfare Association

Analysis

Azad Kashmir Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Azad Kashmir Welfare Association reported income of £209k and spending of £206k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £164k to £209k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 51%. 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, Azad Kashmir Welfare Association sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Volunteer Friends (£209k), All the Other Lucys (£209k) and The Pelican Childrens Centre (£209k).