Faizan-E-Raza
Charity 1149200
Overview
Summary
Faizan-E-Raza appears to be a Birmingham-based faith organisation whose local religious activity may provide a community-facing foundation for a wider charitable remit. Its stated objects extend well beyond worship, encompassing poverty relief, health support, education and overseas humanitarian assistance. The available evidence suggests an organisation that may combine religious convening with grant-making, potentially linking local Muslim community life to support for people affected by deprivation, conflict or disaster. Its practical balance between these roles remains unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence from the Charity Commission records that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but it does not identify the wards, venues or neighbourhoods in which prayer meetings, lectures or religious-festival activities are currently delivered.
- The conclusion that Birmingham is a citywide operational footprint is a reasonable interpretation of the Charity Commission's declared 'Birmingham City' area of operation, rather than evidence of services being delivered across every Birmingham ward.
- The charity contact address and the company's registered office are the same, but this is not sufficient evidence that it is a service-delivery site. The Charity Commission also records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- No current evidence was found of partner organisations, commissioned delivery, subsidiary operations or venue arrangements that materially extend the charity's operational reach within Birmingham.
- The Charity Commission record also identifies Pakistan as an area of operation, but the available evidence does not show how this relates to, or extends, the organisation's Birmingham-based activity.
Additional evidence needed
- Current event listings, service timetables or venue confirmations identifying where prayer meetings, lectures and religious festivals are held.
- A current annual report, trustees' report or activity statement describing delivery locations and the scale of Birmingham activity.
- Confirmation from the organisation as to whether its contact and registered address is used for public activities, administration only, or correspondence only.
- Evidence of any formal delivery partnerships, host venues or grant recipients in Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A local faith base with an outward-facing charitable remit
The organisation appears to use locally rooted Muslim religious activity in Birmingham as a base while holding charitable purposes designed to support people anywhere in the world.
Why it matters
This suggests its role may extend beyond a conventional place-based congregation: it could connect local relationships, giving and volunteering with humanitarian or educational needs beyond Birmingham.
Show evidence
“The main objective is to advance Muslim religion in Birmingham and surrounding area through prayer meetings, lectures and religious festivals.”
Source:Organisation“Its objects include relief of poverty and sickness anywhere in the world, particularly for people affected by natural causes, wars and conflicts.”
Source:Charity Commission
Grant-making may be its principal mechanism of wider impact
Rather than being evidenced as a direct provider of hospitals, schools or relief supplies, the organisation appears positioned to support people and other organisations through grants.
Why it matters
Understanding this distinction is important for identifying potential partners: its value may lie in resourcing trusted delivery organisations or individuals rather than operating frontline services itself.
Show evidence
“The charity makes grants to individuals and grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include financial or other assistance, and the construction of hospitals, medical centres, schools, colleges, training centres and universities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Religious gatherings may also function as civic infrastructure
Prayer meetings, lectures and festivals may create recurring points of contact through which information, trust, donations and mutual support can circulate within a local community.
Why it matters
This may make Faizan-E-Raza a potentially useful bridge between faith networks and organisations working on poverty, health, education or humanitarian response.
Show evidence
“Activities include prayer meetings, lectures and celebration of religious festivals.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's purposes include education, health, poverty relief and overseas aid or famine relief.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether most charitable activity is delivered in Birmingham, overseas, or across both.
- Which communities, countries or partner organisations receive grants.
- Whether religious activities and humanitarian grant-making are operationally connected.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing expenditure by activity and geography.
- Details of grant recipients, partnerships, projects and beneficiary reach.
- Information on governance, volunteers and how local community participation informs funding decisions.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The main objective of Faizan-e-Raza is to advance Muslim religion in Birmingham and surrounding area for the benefit of the public through holding of prayer meetings, lectures and celebration of religious festivals.
Charity objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE: (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND IN PARTICULAR, THOSE AFFECTED BY NATURAL CAUSES OR BY WARS AND CONFLICTS BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEDICINES, SHELTER, FURNITURE, STATIONARY, FOOD, CLOTHING, SANITATION AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CENTRES. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS IN NEED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AID AND MATERIALS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BOOKS, FURNITURE, STATIONARY, CLOTHING AND ALSO THOUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, TRAINING CENTRES AND UNIVERSITIES.