Registered charity (CIO) · London
World Humanitarian Action Forum
- 4 trustees
- Income £180k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- whaf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£180k£187k
- 2024£180k£191k
- 2023£110k£132k
Earlier years
- 2022£81k£132k
- 2021£83k£129k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-1. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND EFFICIENT USE OF CHARITY RESOURCES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY: -(A) PROVIDING THEM WITH AFFORDABLE OFFICE SPACE AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES;(B) PROVIDING INFORMATION, GUIDANCE, TRAINING, TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO NGOS, CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES.2. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
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
- Dr Hany Abdel Gawad EL-Banna OBE Chair
- Habibunnisha Patel since 2023
- Saleh Saeed since 2011
- Shahin Ashraf since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Saleh Saeed since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Habibunnisha Patel since 2023
- Saleh Saeed since 2011
- Shahin Ashraf since 2021
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1130399
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 11 JAN 2022 as amended on 05 May 2023
- Contact on the register
- 02030961981 · info@whaf.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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