Yemaid
Charity 1199109
Overview
Summary
Yemaid appears to be a grant-making charity focused on humanitarian relief and educational support connected to Yemen. Its stated model allows support to flow both directly to individuals and through other organisations, suggesting it may act as a flexible intermediary rather than a provider of a single defined service. However, the available evidence contains a significant geographic inconsistency: its formal objects refer to Yemen, while its activity description refers to Egypt. This limits confidence about its current geographic focus and operating priorities.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence from the Charity Commission states that YEMAID operates in Birmingham City and Egypt, while its charitable objects specify Yemen and its activity description refers to Egypt. This conflict means the current overseas delivery geography cannot be determined confidently.
- There is no direct evidence of a currently operating service, grant-making activity, event or delivery site in any specific Birmingham ward.
- The listed Birmingham contact address is a contact address and should not be treated as evidence of a service site or operational base.
- The Charity Commission records that the CIO does not own or lease land or property, reducing confidence that it operates from a dedicated physical site in Birmingham.
- Public annual returns and accounts for the years ending 31 March 2023, 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025 are overdue, so there is no recent public reporting that confirms where grants or services are currently delivered.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustees' annual report, annual return or impact report identifying the countries and places where grants have actually been made.
- Official confirmation from YEMAID of whether the listed contact address is an operational base, an administrative correspondence address or neither.
- Evidence of any current Birmingham-based delivery activity, partners, funded organisations, events or beneficiary support, including the relevant ward or venue.
- Evidence identifying the overseas organisations or delivery partners through which YEMAID makes grants.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A flexible grant-making model
Yemaid appears designed to respond through grants rather than through directly specified programmes. Its ability to fund both individuals and organisations may allow it to combine immediate household support with support delivered through local or specialist partners.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation's role may be as a connector of resources to needs, with its practical reach likely shaped by the partners and recipients it selects rather than by a fixed delivery model.
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“Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects include making grants of money for items, services or facilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Education and crisis relief are held together
The organisation appears to combine short-term humanitarian assistance with longer-term educational opportunity. This may indicate an approach that sees financial hardship, disaster response and access to education as connected rather than separate challenges.
Why it matters
This is distinctive because it creates potential for Yemaid to support both immediate survival and future capability, though the evidence does not show whether these aims are integrated in practice.
Show evidence
“The objects include relief of financial hardship and support for victims of natural disaster, trouble or catastrophe.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects include scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants for higher, further and school education.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its geographic remit needs clarification
Available records point to two different countries: Yemen in the formal objects and Egypt in the activity description. This may be a reporting error, a change in operational focus, or evidence of activity across more than one setting.
Why it matters
Geography is central to understanding who the organisation serves, which civic networks it may belong to, and whether its stated purposes align with its current work.
Show evidence
“The objects refer to people and pupils in the area of Yemen.”
Source:Charity Commission“The activity description refers to relief and education in the area of Egypt.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether Yemaid currently operates in Yemen, Egypt, or both.
- Which organisations, communities or individuals receive its grants.
- Whether it delivers support through local partners or from outside the areas concerned.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or grant records showing locations, recipients, grant values and purposes.
- Information on delivery partners, governance, beneficiary groups and the organisation's current strategy.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The relief of financial hardship, advancement of education of pupils and relief for victims of natural disaster, trouble or catastrophe in the area of Egypt by making grants of money for providing or paying for items, services or facilities.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY IN THE AREA OF YEMEN BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE AREA OF YEMEN, IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES BY AWARDING TO SUCH PERSON'S SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS. C) TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF YEMEN WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE BY PROVIDING GRANTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF NECESSITIES AND MEDICAL SUPPLY.