The Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation

Analysis

The Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.6m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £4.0m to £2.3m (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 35%. 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, The Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Augustinians of the Assumption (£2.3m), Heal Humanity Ltd (£2.3m) and Moving on (Durham) Ltd (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 25% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £327k. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 83 people.

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.