Registered charity (CIO) · Blackburn
Barakah AID
Barakah AID is a registered charity (number 1191143) based in Blackburn, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Gulfreen Qazi since 2020. Latest income £217k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
The objects of the CIO are:The relief of poverty, relief of sickness and preservation of health and advancement of education in Pakistan,Bangladesh, Turkey and United Kingdom by the provision of grants, services and items to individuals in need...
- 5 trustees
- Income £217k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 4 more
- Where
- Throughout England, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£217k£203k
- 2024£263k£227k
- 2023£145k£137k
Earlier years
- 2022£125k£102k
- 2021£0£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are:The relief of poverty, relief of sickness and preservation of health and advancement of education in Pakistan,Bangladesh, Turkey and United Kingdom by the provision of grants, services and items to individuals in need and or other charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve these charitable purposes.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Gulfreen Qazi Chair since 2020
- Farzana Iqbal since 2020
- Hina Gul Qazi since 2023
- Robina Ahmad since 2020
- Sumaira Farukh since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Gulfreen Qazi Chair since 2020
- Farzana Iqbal since 2020
- Robina Ahmad since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Gulfreen Qazi Chair since 2020
- Farzana Iqbal since 2020
- Hina Gul Qazi since 2023
- Robina Ahmad since 2020
- Sumaira Farukh since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1191143
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Sep 2020 as amended on 14 Jul 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07735806910 · barakahaid@hotmail.com
- 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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