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Registered charity · United Kingdom

The Zahra Trust

The Zahra Trust is a registered charity (number 1129501) based in United Kingdom, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Dr ALI Massoumi since 2008. Latest income £5.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Sadaqa Charity DAY, Sadaqa DAY, Charity DAY (Charity Commission)

The objects of the charity are, for the public benefit, (a) the advancement of the faith and religious practices of Islam and (b) the relief of poverty, in particular but not exclusively among those affected by natural disasters or by war and other...

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £5.9m (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 6 more
Where
Afghanistan, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon and more
Website
www.zahratrust.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Zahra Trust
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.9m£4.8m
  • 2024£3.9m£3.9m
  • 2023£4.4m£5.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.7m£2.6m
  • 2021£4.0m£2.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The objects of the charity are, for the public benefit, (a) the advancement of the faith and religious practices of Islam and (b) the relief of poverty, in particular but not exclusively among those affected by natural disasters or by war and other conflict, including but not limited by:(i) the provision and maintenance of mosques and religious centres;(ii) the teaching and educating of members of the Islamic community; (iii) the provision of medical and financial assistance; and (iv) the promotion of interreligious harmony through dialogue with other faiths and traditions.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

6.8y median 4.5y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 3Education 1Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.1 in 2021

13 from 4 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1129501
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 MARCH 2009 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24 JUNE 2009 as amended on 12 Mar 2020
Companies House
Company number 06842695 · Active
Contact on the register
02084527565 · info@zahratrust.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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