The Anzal Begum Foundation Limited
Charity 1162576
Overview
Summary
The Anzal Begum Foundation appears to be a Birmingham-based, donor-facing relief charity that combines immediate humanitarian assistance with practical routes toward household self-sufficiency. Its stated remit is unusually broad geographically, while its public project language concentrates on food, water, livelihoods and emergency support. The organisation’s role seems to be linking local UK fundraising and outreach with assistance across overseas communities, particularly in South Asia and other crisis-affected settings, though the available evidence does not show how resources are allocated between them.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
City Centre
Confidence: medium
The foundation's official Local Projects page identifies Carrs Lane, Birmingham as the starting point for its homeless outreach and states that it serves Birmingham's homeless community seven evenings a week. Carrs Lane is within the recognised City Centre area. However, the page does not give a recent dated confirmation that Carrs Lane remains the current delivery location.
- Anzal Begum Foundation, Local Projects page
The page says the foundation began serving hot tea and biscuits at Carrs Lane, Birmingham and states that it serves the homeless community of Birmingham seven evenings a week, providing more than 62,000 hot meals and drinks annually.
Newtown
Confidence: low
The official website consistently gives Anzal Buildings, Summer Lane, Birmingham as the foundation's address. This is evidence of an administrative or organisational base, but it does not establish operational activity in Newtown ward: the website does not explicitly confirm that services are delivered from the premises, and it may be a correspondence or registered address.
- Anzal Begum Foundation, current website contact details
The website gives the foundation's address as Anzal Buildings, Summer Lane, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available current website evidence establishes Birmingham homeless outreach but does not identify all present-day delivery points, beneficiary catchments or the precise areas in which food-bank and welfare-centre support takes place.
- Carrs Lane is directly named in the foundation's Local Projects page, but that page does not date its statement that outreach operates seven evenings a week. It is therefore uncertain whether Carrs Lane remains the active location in August 2026.
- The organisation's named Birmingham address is not expressly described as a service venue, so its function as an operational site rather than a registered or correspondence address remains uncertain.
- The foundation says that Ramadan food parcels are distributed through trusted local partners, but it does not name those partners or state where they operate. No Birmingham partnership can therefore be mapped confidently.
- The organisation's overall footprint is international: current project pages describe water-pump delivery in Sindh and Tharparkar and other livelihood, food, orphan-care and disaster-relief work. The evidence does not provide a complete current country-by-country operational map.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, impact report or programme update listing Birmingham outreach locations, delivery frequency and beneficiary numbers.
- Confirmation from the foundation of whether Anzal Buildings is an office, storage/distribution point, welfare centre or correspondence-only address.
- A current statement confirming the venue or route of Homeless One outreach, including whether Carrs Lane remains in use.
- Names and locations of UK food-bank, homeless-outreach and welfare-centre partners supported by the foundation.
Areas of work
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Other Finance
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Relief is paired with an explicit pathway to independence
The foundation appears to frame its work as more than crisis response: food, medical aid and disaster support sit alongside livelihood assets and training intended to help people sustain an income.
Why it matters
This suggests an operating logic that connects short-term protection with longer-term economic resilience, potentially distinguishing it from organisations focused solely on emergency aid.
Show evidence
“Its objects include relief of disaster-related suffering and support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its livelihood support includes rickshaws, sewing machines and tools to help families earn a living.”
Source:Organisation
A local base supports a transnational mission
The organisation appears to use Birmingham as an organisational and local-outreach base while pursuing a very wide overseas relief remit, with particular emphasis on Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
Why it matters
Understanding this dual orientation is important for identifying potential relationships: it may connect local civic infrastructure, diaspora networks and international humanitarian needs rather than operating within one geography alone.
Show evidence
“Its address is Anzal Buildings, 66-68 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3NG.”
Source:Organisation“Its objects provide for hardship relief in England and Wales, particularly Birmingham, and in a named list of overseas countries.”
Source:Charity Commission“It states that it supports food banks, homeless outreach and welfare centres in the UK.”
Source:Organisation
Public-facing projects cluster around tangible, fundable interventions
The foundation appears to present its work through concrete, easily understood interventions—iftar meals, food parcels, water pumps and livelihood equipment—rather than through named partner organisations, locations or measured outcomes.
Why it matters
This may indicate a fundraising and engagement model centred on visible forms of giving. It also leaves an important question about whether delivery depends on local partners, direct implementation, or both.
Show evidence
“Featured projects include Grand Iftar, Livelihood Projects, Ramadan Food Parcels and Water Pumps Project.”
Source:Organisation“The organisation invites people to get involved, donate and subscribe for appeals and opportunities.”
Source:Organisation
- Which countries, communities and projects receive the greatest share of funding or activity.
- Whether assistance is delivered directly, through local partners, or through grants to individuals and organisations.
- How the organisation measures outcomes beyond the types of support it describes.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing expenditure, geography, grants and delivery costs.
- Project reports naming delivery partners, beneficiary groups, locations and outcomes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Anzal Begum Foundation is established for the relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural or other kinds of disasters. Also we help to in the prevention or relief of poverty and sickness anywhere in the world to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.
Charity objects
THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR: 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 WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY [OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP] ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH AND INDIA. TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN ENGLAND AND WALES – PARTICULARLY BIRMINGHAM AND AREAS STATED OUTSIDE OF THE UK - (AFGHANISTAN, ARMENIA, BANGLADESH, BURMA, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GAMBIA, GHANA, GUINEA, GUINEA-BISSAU, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, ISRAEL, IVORY COAST, JORDAN, KENYA, LEBANON, LIBERIA, LIBYA, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MALI, MAURITANIA, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NIGER, NIGERIA, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, PAKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SYRIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, AND YEMEN) BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH [GOODS/SERVICES] WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN - (AFGHANISTAN, ARMENIA, BANGLADESH, BURMA, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GAMBIA, GHANA, GUINEA, GUINEA-BISSAU, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, ISRAEL, IVORY COAST, JORDAN, KENYA, LEBANON, LIBERIA, LIBYA, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MALI, MAURITANIA, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NIGER, NIGERIA, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, PAKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SYRIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, AND YEMEN) BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES