Alm Welfare Trust

Charity 1152373

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Alm Welfare Trust appears to be a small grant-making charity whose early operating model combines direct financial help for people in hardship with funding to another established charity. Its broad objects and beneficiary categories position it across poverty relief, education and Islamic religious advancement, with potential activity in England and overseas. The available evidence suggests that its practical identity is currently defined more by flexible financial support and charitable intermediation than by delivery of its own named services.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: International

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • The Charity Commission record declares that the charity operates in Birmingham City and Pakistan, but it does not identify any Birmingham wards, neighbourhoods, delivery venues or beneficiary locations.
    • No operational area from the supplied Birmingham ward/place list can be evidenced directly. Birmingham City is a declared operating geography, but it cannot be mapped reliably to a specific listed ward or to City Centre.
    • The registered address is outside Birmingham. It should not be treated as a Birmingham delivery site, particularly as the Charity Commission states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
    • The latest filed financial information is for the year ending 31 July 2020, and subsequent annual returns and accounts are overdue. This substantially limits confidence that the declared geography describes current activity.
    • The charity's historic activity statement records a grant to Ummah Welfare Trust for international work, but does not establish a current partnership or a Birmingham-specific operational reach through that organisation.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current annual return, trustees' annual report or accounts describing grants, beneficiaries and delivery locations since 31 July 2020.
    • Official evidence of any current Birmingham grant programmes, referral arrangements, community venues or partner organisations.
    • Confirmation from the charity of whether Birmingham-wide is a current operating geography and, if so, which wards or venues are actively served.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Disability
    • Education/training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
    • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
    • Religious Activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • Elderly/old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/mankind

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Makes Grants To Individuals
    • Makes Grants To Organisations
    • Provides Other Finance

    Discoveries involving this organisation

    The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

    Observations

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • A flexible funder rather than a service provider

      The Trust appears to use financial assistance as its principal mechanism, supporting both individuals and organisations rather than operating a defined frontline programme.

      Why it matters

      This suggests its local role may depend on how trustees identify need and choose partners. Its impact and relationships may therefore be less visible than those of charities delivering regular public services.

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      • “Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “Helped deserving families and individuals by distributing money to alleviate some of their problems through financial assistance.”

        Source:Organisation

    • An early relationship with an established overseas-aid actor

      A lump-sum payment to Ummah Welfare Trust may indicate that Alm Welfare Trust extends its reach through other charities, particularly where direct delivery would be difficult.

      Why it matters

      This is the clearest evidence of a partnership or funding relationship. It raises useful questions about whether the Trust sees itself as a connector of donors to specialist delivery organisations.

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      • “Made a lump sum payment to Ummah Welfare Trust which is itself a charitable organisation and is active in various parts of the world, particularly in the Asian sub continent.”

        Source:Organisation

      • “Makes Grants To Organisations.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • A broad mission with a narrower evidenced practice

      Although the Trust's objects encompass poverty, education and Islamic religious advancement across England, neighbouring countries and other parts of the world, the only described activity is financial assistance for hardship and a grant to another charity.

      Why it matters

      This distinction helps avoid treating its full charitable remit as evidence of active programmes. It may be an emerging organisation still concentrating resources on immediate relief.

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      • “To relieve poverty and those in financial need, hardship or distress; to advance education; and to advance the religion of Islam.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “In its first year ALM Welfare Trust has helped deserving families and individuals by distributing money to alleviate some of their problems through financial assistance.”

        Source:Organisation

      Remaining uncertainties

    • Whether assistance is primarily local, overseas or split between both.
    • How beneficiaries are identified, assessed and supported beyond one-off financial help.
    • Whether education and religious advancement are active programmes or reserve purposes.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Grant records showing recipients, locations, values and purposes.
    • Annual reports or trustee accounts showing expenditure by activity and geography.
    • Information on referral routes, partner organisations and repeat funding relationships.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    In its first year ALM Welfare Trust has helped deserving families and individuals by distributing money to alleviate some of their problems through financial assistance and also made a lump sum payment to Ummah Welfare Trust which is itself a charitable organisation and is active in various parts of the world, particularly in the Asian sub continent.

    Charity objects

    TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ENGLAND AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES (AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND THOSE IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION. (C) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM.