Muhammad Bilal Welfare Foundation
Charity 1157045
Overview
Summary
Muhammad Bilal Welfare Foundation appears to be a child-focused overseas relief charity operating through direct support to individuals in Bangladesh. Its remit combines immediate hardship relief with longer-term stabilising needs, including education, health and accommodation. The organisation’s broad charitable scope suggests flexibility in responding to the interconnected effects of poverty on vulnerable children and their families, particularly those described as orphaned, street-connected or underprivileged. However, the available evidence does not yet show its scale, local delivery relationships or how it prioritises between these needs.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bordesley Green
Confidence: medium
Direct evidence: the Charity Commission lists a current contact address in Birmingham, and the charity's 2024 trustees' report says it facilitates a place of worship, seminars and Islamic-faith lectures in Birmingham. A current mosque/prayer-times listing identifies Muhammad Bilal Welfare Foundation for prayer times at a Birmingham location. The charity's own report does not explicitly state where the worship and community facilities operate, so the evidence does not confirm an operational site within this ward.
- Charity Commission register, Muhammad Bilal Welfare Foundation (charity 1157045), current contact information
Lists a charity address in Birmingham. - Muhammad Bilal Welfare Foundation trustees' annual report and accounts, year ended 31 May 2024
States that the charity facilitates a place of worship, seminars and lectures on Islamic faith in Birmingham, and plans to support the Birmingham community through prayer and other social facilities and activities. - Masjidbox, Bilal Academy and Jami Masjid prayer-times listing
Identifies Muhammad Bilal Welfare Foundation for prayer times at a Birmingham location.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available current Charity Commission record identifies Birmingham City and Bangladesh as places where the charity operates, but does not identify Birmingham service catchments, further local venues, or the frequency and scale of local activity.
- The charity's registered/contact address may be a correspondence address; the evidence supports, but does not conclusively prove, that its listed Birmingham location is the site from which its Birmingham worship and community activity is delivered.
- There is no sufficiently evidenced basis to classify the Birmingham operation as district-wide or citywide. The evidence instead supports an unspecified local base in Birmingham alongside Birmingham-wide references.
- No material partnership extending the charity's Birmingham reach has been verified. Another charity shares contact details and an email domain, but shared details alone do not establish an operational partnership.
- The principal beneficiary-facing poverty-relief activity is directed to children and families in Bangladesh; locations within Bangladesh and delivery partners are not specified in the evidence reviewed.
Additional evidence needed
- The latest trustees' annual report for the year ended 31 May 2025, or a current activity/impact report, describing Birmingham services, venues, attendance and delivery locations.
- Official confirmation from the charity that its listed Birmingham location is an active worship, education or community-service venue operated or used by it.
- A current programme timetable, venue list or partner list showing whether any Birmingham activity is delivered outside the local area.
- Information identifying the Bangladesh delivery locations and any implementing partners, if a fuller international operational geography is required.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- 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
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A child-centred model that includes families
The foundation appears to treat children’s hardship as inseparable from their household circumstances: children are its primary focus, but support can extend to their families.
Why it matters
This suggests a potentially more preventative role than orphan-only relief, recognising that family-level poverty, illness and housing insecurity can determine whether children remain safe and supported.
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“The charity helps children/young people.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include underprivileged children and their families living in Bangladesh.”
Source:Charity Commission
Direct assistance rather than an evidenced institutional programme
The stated method of making grants to individuals may indicate a direct-support model, potentially enabling targeted help with urgent household needs rather than relying solely on institutional provision.
Why it matters
This distinction affects how the organisation may complement schools, clinics, shelters and larger aid agencies: it may be positioned to address gaps experienced by particular children or families.
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“The charity makes grants to individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its activities concern relief of poverty, sickness, hardship and distress by providing goods and services.”
Source:Charity Commission
Multiple needs are held within one relief remit
The organisation appears to understand vulnerability broadly, spanning poverty relief, health, education and accommodation rather than treating these as separate issues.
Why it matters
Its potential distinctive value may lie in flexibility across connected needs. This could make it relevant to organisations that identify a child’s difficulty in one area but cannot address associated barriers such as illness or insecure housing.
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“The charity’s purposes include education/training, advancement of health or saving of lives, prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include relief of poverty, sickness, hardship and distress.”
Source:Charity Commission
- There is no evidence of the foundation’s scale, geographic focus within Bangladesh or number of people supported.
- It is unclear whether assistance is delivered directly, through local partners or through referral relationships.
- The evidence does not show how the organisation balances emergency relief with education, health or housing support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity updates showing programmes, expenditure and beneficiary reach.
- Information on local delivery partners, grant criteria and how children and families are identified for support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ORPHANS, STREET CHILDREN AND UNDER PRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN BANGLADESH, BY PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES.
Charity objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ORPHANS, STREET CHILDREN AND UNDERPRIVILEDGED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN BANGLADESH, BY PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES.