Kebire Trust

Charity 1121044

www.kebiretrust.org

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Kebire Trust appears to be a diaspora-focused humanitarian organisation serving Eritrean-origin people affected by displacement, with an operating remit that spans emergency relief and longer-term stabilisation. Its stated work combines immediate material support with education, sanitation, health-related relief and support for orphans, while its charitable objects also include public Muslim religious observance. This suggests an organisation whose role may be shaped both by cross-border refugee needs and by cultural and religious community ties.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: International

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Small Heath

Confidence: low

The charity consistently gives a contact address in Small Heath as its registered and contact address. Its 2024 accounts also record office-rent expenditure. However, a registered or contact address and office-rent expenditure do not establish operational activity in the ward, and the evidence does not explicitly confirm which services, if any, are delivered there.

  • Charity Commission register: Kebire Trust contact information
    Lists a charity address in Small Heath, Birmingham.
  • Kebire Trust Trustees' Report and accounts for year ended 31 December 2024
    Lists a registered address in Birmingham and records £1,000 of office-rent expenditure.
  • Kebire Trust official website
    Displays an organisation contact address in Small Heath, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
  • The current evidence does not identify any Birmingham-based service venue, programme location, or beneficiary catchment beyond the Small Heath office/contact address.
  • The Charity Commission record reports that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but neither the current trustees' report nor the official website specifies the scale, frequency, or locations of activity within Birmingham.
  • The 2024 trustees' report refers generally to community support for people in the UK and overseas, without saying whether this involved delivery in Birmingham, elsewhere in the UK, or both.
  • The organisation's official partnership page names UK and overseas partners, but does not evidence a Birmingham delivery partnership or identify local sites used by those partners.
  • Its principal evidenced delivery identity is international: the Charity Commission activity statement and official website describe humanitarian support for Eritrean refugees and vulnerable communities overseas. Birmingham appears to be an administrative, fundraising and possible community-support base rather than a clearly evidenced citywide delivery footprint.
Additional evidence needed
  • A current programme or impact report identifying Birmingham activities, service users, delivery venues and dates.
  • Confirmation from Kebire Trust of whether its contact address is an office, service venue, or correspondence address only.
  • Current evidence of any Birmingham delivery partners, including the services they deliver jointly and the wards or venues involved.
  • Details of any regular local events, advice provision, volunteering activity or fundraising activity that materially constitutes service delivery in Birmingham.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Education/training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Other Charitable Activities
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Discoveries involving this organisation

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

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • A bridge between emergency response and recovery

    The available evidence suggests that Kebire Trust does not frame displacement solely as an immediate humanitarian crisis. Alongside emergency relief, it identifies basic education and sanitation, indicating an approach that may seek to support stability and dignity over a longer period.

    Why it matters

    This helps distinguish the Trust from a narrowly relief-only organisation and suggests potential relevance to partners working across both humanitarian response and early recovery.

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    • “Provide emergency relief to the most affected people in Eritrea, Eritrean refugees in Sudan, Ethiopia and other neighboring countries.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “We setup basic education, sanitation and contribute to ease the ordeal of orphans.”

      Source:Organisation

  • Its constituency is defined by origin and displacement

    The Trust appears to organise its work around Eritrean-origin communities rather than a single country of operation. Its focus includes people in Eritrea and refugees across Sudan, Ethiopia and neighbouring countries, suggesting that displacement routes and diaspora connections may be central to its role.

    Why it matters

    This indicates that the organisation may hold insight into needs and relationships that cross national borders, which is important when considering refugee-support networks or regional collaboration.

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    • “To advance the benefit of people of Eritrean origin who have become displaced persons and are living in eastern and other parts of Sudan.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Provide emergency relief to the most affected people in Eritrea, Eritrean refugees in the Sudan, Ethiopia and other neighboring countries.”

      Source:Organisation

  • Religious activity is present but its operational role is unclear

    The Trust's objects include advancing the Muslim religion through public religious festivals, alongside education, hardship and sickness relief. This may indicate that religious and cultural participation is part of its community-facing identity, but the evidence does not show whether it is integrated with humanitarian delivery.

    Why it matters

    This could represent a source of trust, convening capacity or community connection, while also raising a useful question about how different strands of the organisation's purpose relate in practice.

    Show evidence

    • “The advancement of the Muslim religion for the benefit of the public through the public celebration of religious festivals.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The advancement of education, the relief of financial hardship and the relief of sickness.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    Remaining uncertainties

  • There is no evidence about where the Trust is based, how it identifies or reaches beneficiaries, or whether it delivers work directly or through partners.
  • The scale, frequency, funding sources and current status of its activities are not known.
  • It is unclear how its stated advocacy, research and human-resource support are used in practice.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Recent annual reports, accounts or impact updates showing locations served, beneficiary numbers, expenditure and delivery partners.
  • Information on governance, local implementing relationships and how religious, educational and humanitarian activities are connected.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF TO THE MOST AFFECTED PEOPLE IN ERITREA, ERITREAN REFUGEES IN THE SUDAN, ETHIOPIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES WE SETUP BASIC EDUCATION, SANITATION AND CONTRIBUTE TO EASE THE ORDEAL OF ORPHANS.

Charity objects

TO ADVANCE THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OF ERITREAN ORIGIN WHO HAVE BECOME DISPLACED PERSONS AND ARE LIVING IN EASTERN AND OTHER PARTS OF SUDAN BY 1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION 2) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP 3) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS 4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MUSLIM RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS