Kashmir Earthquake Relief Fund (Sheffield)
Charity 1122910
Overview
Summary
Kashmir Earthquake Relief Fund (Sheffield) appears to be a diaspora-linked, locally mobilised charity created in response to the October 2005 Azad Kashmir earthquake. Its role seems to extend beyond collecting money: it turns public fundraising into a vehicle for cross-community participation, commemoration and awareness. The available evidence suggests a project-oriented model, with donations potentially linked to specific rooms or named commemorations, but it gives little visibility of how assistance reaches affected people or how the organisation’s role has evolved since the original disaster.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence: no supplied or authoritative public evidence identifies a current service, physical site, fundraising venue, delivery partner or other operational activity in Birmingham. No Birmingham ward or recognised place can therefore be recorded.
- Direct evidence: the charity's registered correspondence address is in Sheffield, not Birmingham. This does not establish a Birmingham presence.
- Reasonable interpretation: the charity's stated purpose and activities indicate an international relief model, with fundraising activity in the UK intended to support people affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Azad Kashmir.
- Current delivery activity is uncertain. The latest recorded financial year ended 30 June 2025 and reports both income and expenditure of £0, so the evidence does not demonstrate that fundraising or overseas relief delivery was active during that period.
- No material partnerships extending the organisation's reach into Birmingham were identified in the available evidence.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustees' report or accounts explaining activities undertaken after 30 June 2025.
- Official confirmation of any current Birmingham fundraising events, venues, service delivery, volunteers or partner organisations.
- Evidence from an official delivery partner or project documentation showing current support provided in Azad Kashmir or elsewhere.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Other Finance
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Fundraising appears to double as community-building
The charity appears to use fundraising activities not only to generate resources but also to create shared participation across faiths and communities. The Ben Nevis walk may indicate that public challenge events are part of its relationship-building approach.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation may hold value in Sheffield as a civic bridge as well as an overseas-relief fundraiser, potentially connecting people who would not otherwise act together.
Show evidence
“The charity works with people of all faiths and communities.”
Source:Charity Commission“A multi-cultural group of 42 individuals completed a sponsored walk up Ben Nevis.”
Source:Organisation
Commemoration may be part of the funding model
Appeals to build rooms in organisations' names or to commemorate individuals suggest donations may be connected to visible, named outcomes rather than treated only as unrestricted relief funding.
Why it matters
This may help explain how the charity attracts support: it offers donors a durable connection to reconstruction or education, potentially linking personal remembrance with collective recovery.
Show evidence
“The charity appeals for donations to build rooms in the name of different organisations or to commemorate individuals.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides or assists in the provision of funds, medicine, clothing, education/training and other items.”
Source:Charity Commission
The charity's present-day mission may be broader than emergency relief
Although founded around a specific 2005 earthquake, the objects include education, training and public awareness alongside material relief. This may indicate an approach oriented toward longer-term recovery rather than immediate disaster response alone.
Why it matters
Understanding whether the organisation now supports long-term development is important for identifying relevant partners and assessing whether its original emergency rationale still defines its practical role.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects concern people affected by the earthquake which hit Azad Kashmir in October 2005.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides or assists in the provision of funds, medicine, clothing, education/training and other items and raises public awareness.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the charity still operates actively and what support it currently provides.
- Which communities, locations and delivery partners receive assistance.
- Whether named room-building is a continuing programme or a past fundraising approach.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and activity updates showing current projects, expenditure and beneficiaries.
- Information on delivery partners, project locations and outcomes in Azad Kashmir.
- Evidence of local Sheffield partnerships and participation beyond individual fundraising events.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Our fund raising includes sponsored events, fund raising meals,sales of merchandise, collections and appealing for donations to build rooms in the name of different organisations or to commemorate individuals. We recently got a multi-cultural group of 42 individuals to do a sponsored walk up Ben Nevis.
Charity objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THOSE AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKE WHICH HIT AZAD KASHMIR IN OCTOBER 2005 BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND COMMUNITIES TO: PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, MEDICINE, CLOTHING, EDUCATION/TRAINING AND OTHER ITEMS AND RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE IMPACT OF THE EARTHQUAKE ON THE LIVES OF THOSE PEOPLE AFFECTED.