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Imam ALI Foundation

Imam ALI Foundation is a registered charity (number 1172217) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Syed Murtaza ALI Rizvi since 2017. Latest income £836k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £836k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.najaf.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£836k£646k
  • 2024£472k£627k
  • 2023£1.2m£615k
Earlier years
  • 2022£690k£1.9m
  • 2021£570k£487k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RELIGION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND ISLAM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CREEDS OF ITHNA ASHARI SHIA MUSLIM FAITH.3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR AMONGST PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CREEDS OF ITHNA ASHARI SHIA MUSLIM FAITH;3.1.3 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, FOR THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO PRACTICE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CREEDS OF ITHNA ASHARI SHIA MUSLIM FAITH ("THE BENEFICIARIES") IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES.

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.

6 trustees on the board

8.3y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£836k 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.

2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021

5 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
1172217
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 23 Mar 2017 as amended on 17 Dec 2018
Contact on the register
02084598164 · post@najaf.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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