Masters Foundation
Charity 1128681
Overview
Summary
Masters Foundation appears to be a globally oriented, flexible charitable funder and service provider whose remit spans hardship, health, disaster relief and education. Its broad objects give trustees considerable discretion, while its reported activities foreground financial assistance, medical aid and secular education. A distinctive feature is the coexistence of humanitarian purposes with a Shia Ithna Ashari Muslim faith object, although the available activity evidence does not show how, or whether, that religious purpose currently shapes delivery.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- 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
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A broad remit enables responsive support
The organisation appears designed to respond across several forms of need—routine hardship, illness and disaster—rather than around a single issue or place.
Why it matters
This suggests its potential role may be as a flexible source of support where needs cut across health, poverty and emergency response.
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“Its objects include relieving sickness and financial hardship, protecting health, and relieving suffering among victims of disasters.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its operating model may combine funding with delivery
The foundation appears able to support others financially while also retaining capacity to provide services directly.
Why it matters
This makes it a potentially useful connector: it may collaborate with voluntary bodies through grants, while responding directly where partners or infrastructure are limited.
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“The charity makes grants to individuals and organisations and provides other finance.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission
Religious purpose and reported activity are not yet clearly connected
Advancing the Shia Ithna Ashari Muslim faith is part of the formal remit, but the reported activities emphasise secular education and humanitarian relief. This may indicate a deliberately plural public-facing offer, or simply incomplete reporting detail.
Why it matters
Understanding this relationship would clarify whether faith networks are central to its partnerships, governance or beneficiary reach.
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“Its objects include advancing the Shia Ithna Ashari Muslim faith anywhere in the world.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its activities include advancing secular education throughout the world.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which countries, communities or emergencies it currently prioritises.
- Whether grants, direct services or faith-based activity form the largest share of its work.
- Which organisations it funds or collaborates with.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent grant lists, accounts and annual reports showing spending, locations and partners.
- Information on programmes, governance and how beneficiaries are selected.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID. TO ADVANCE SECULAR EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Charity objects
*TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. *THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID. *TO ADVANCE RELIGION IN PARTICULAR THE SHIA ITHNA ASHARI MUSLIM FAITH ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. *TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. *TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS DETERMINED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.