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Registered charity · London

National Zakat Foundation (NZF)

a) To prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship in the UK or anywhere in the world by providing or paying for items, services or facilities that fulfil their needs for Muslims and other individuals in need. b) to develop the capacity and...

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £10m (2024)
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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.nzf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
National Zakat Foundation (NZF)
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£10m£8.9m
  • 2023£9.0m£9.7m
  • 2022£7.8m£7.5m
Earlier years
  • 2021£6.3m£5.7m
  • 2020£6.3m£5.2m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

a) To prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship in the UK or anywhere in the world by providing or paying for items, services or facilities that fulfil their needs for Muslims and other individuals in need. b) to develop the capacity and skills of the members of the Muslim community in the UK or anywhere in the world in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs more and to participate more fully in societyc) to advance the education of the public in general (and particularly amongst Muslims) on the subject of Zakat and voluntary giving. d) to advance the religion of Islam for the benefit of the public through the promotion of Zakat and voluntary giving and to enlighten others about Zakat and voluntary giving.

Grants received

1 grant · £16,900 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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

5.5y median 3.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

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

Finance 9Property 8Other services 6

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£10.2m 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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.5 in 2020

35 from 19 in 2020
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
1153719
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 MAY 2013 as amended on 08 Oct 2020
Companies House
Company number 08536743 · Active
Contact on the register
03333123123 · finance@nzf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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