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al basar international foundation

The charity supports the general public. Al Basar International Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by providing human resources. The charity is based in London and operates in Ethiopia, The Gambia, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Their activities are providing eye care to under developed countries in Asia and Africa, deliver short term relief through mobile eye camps, build eye hospitals in various countries in Asia and Africa to provide eye treatment,. They also establish training centres in different countries and train HR for prevention of blindness projects and provide School Eye-Health programs.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£18,567,803
Latest Expenditure
£18,053,616

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 96.9%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 99.6%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 0.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £12,929,480
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £0
Other Income £5,638,323

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £17,988,251
Raising Funds £65,365
Governance £0
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£18,567,803£18,053,616£17,988,251£7,753,433£600,000303 / 50
2023£18,016,418£18,237,223£18,236,056£1,631,730£500,000303 / 0
2022£18,741,264£16,513,845£16,504,336£8,015,322£600,000275 / 0
2021£12,053,853£10,075,806£10,049,084£5,787,903£1,165,318275 / 0
2020£90,092£89,7500 / 3

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers