Islamic Help

What Islamic Help does

Islamic Help is a UK-registered humanitarian charity (Charity No. 1160490) headquartered in Birmingham that delivers emergency relief and long-term development programmes across 10 countries in South Asia, the Middle East, East Africa, and Central Africa. Founded in 2003, the organisation operates a portfolio of more than 30 humanitarian projects spanning water and sanitation (hand pumps, wells, tankers, desalination plants), food security (Yemen Bakery, Ramadan/Qurbani distributions), medical care (Surgeons of Gaza with IDEALs, prosthetics, mobile medicine, cataract surgery, Palestine Hospital), child welfare (orphan sponsorship, Umrah for Orphans, Eid gifts), refugee support, winter appeals, environmental sustainability (Children's Eco Village, Trees for Change), faith-based programmes (mosque construction, Imam sponsorship), and livelihood initiatives (Seeds of Tomorrow, Power Farmers Project, From Fabric to Freedom).

The organisation runs no technology platform; aid is delivered through field operations and a network of trusted local partners in operating countries. Its sole digital surface is a website-led donation portal with project pages, a Zakat Calculator, quick-donate functionality, and seasonal campaign landing pages tied to the Islamic calendar. The business model is donation-funded: revenue is generated entirely through voluntary individual contributions — one-time gifts, monthly recurring donations (sadaqah), and Zakat-eligible giving — supplemented by UK Gift Aid recovery (adding 25% to eligible donations). Donation tiers are granular and project-specific, ranging from £5 (medical equipment for Gaza) to £7,000 (two weeks of surgical deployments), with both pay-as-you-go and monthly recurring cadences.

Islamic Help serves two customer populations: individual donors (primarily UK Muslim taxpayers giving through Zakat, Sadaqah, Qurbani, Aqiqah, Fidya, and Kaffarah instruments) and on-the-ground beneficiaries (orphans, refugees, food-insecure families, water-deprived communities, and medical patients in conflict zones). As of the latest reported figures, the charity has empowered over 10 million people, supported 2,500-3,000+ orphans, provided safe water to 1 million+ people, installed 25,000+ hand pumps, performed 540+ life-saving surgical operations, and completed 15 NHS volunteer surgical deployments to Gaza through its IDEALs partnership.

Name

Islamic Help

Legal name

Islamic Help

Website

https://islamichelp.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Islamic Help is a UK-registered Islamic charity (Birmingham, Charity No. 1160490) delivering emergency relief and development programmes — water, food, medical care, orphan welfare, and livelihoods — across 10 countries in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, funded entirely through individual donations and Zakat/Sadaqah giving.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (624210), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Health, Population & WASH Aid Programs (BPADABAC)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Emergency relief programmes
• Orphan sponsorship services
• Clean water initiatives
• Islamic charitable giving

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Islamic Help generates revenue entirely through voluntary donations from individual supporters. Donations are accepted as one-time contributions, monthly recurring gifts (sadaqah), or as Zakat-eligible contributions. The charity also offers Islamic giving products including Zakat, Sadaqah, Qurbani, Aqiqah, Fidya, and Kaffarah.
2. Gift Aid: For UK taxpayers, Islamic Help claims Gift Aid on eligible donations, increasing the value by 25% at no additional cost to the donor. This government-matched giving programme enhances donation impact.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Islamic Help is a UK-registered humanitarian charity that delivers emergency relief and long-term development programmes to crisis-affected communities across 15+ countries. Its core activities include water and sanitation infrastructure, food security and community bakeries, medical interventions and surgical deployments, orphan sponsorship and child welfare, refugee support, livelihood development, and faith-based empowerment projects. The organization raises funds through voluntary donations from individual supporters, accepting Zakat, Sadaqah, Qurbani, Fidya, Kaffarah, and Aqiqah contributions, with Gift Aid enhancement for UK taxpayers.

Product overview

Islamic Help is a humanitarian charity organization operating across multiple programme areas. Their portfolio includes: Water & Sanitation projects (Water Hand Pumps, Water Wells, Water Tanker, Sanitation); Food Security programmes (general food aid, Yemen Bakery); Medical programmes (Surgeons of Gaza, Prosthetics, Mobile Medicine, Hygiene Kits, Cataract Surgery, Palestine Hospital); Child Welfare (Orphan Sponsorship, Orphan Family Sponsorship, Umrah for Orphans, Eid Gifts, Disabled Children Sponsorship); Winter Emergency Appeal; Environmental Sustainability (Children's Eco Village, Trees for Change); Empower with Faith (Build a Mosque, Improve a Mosque, Imam Sponsorship); Livelihood programmes (From Fabric to Freedom, Harvest a Future, From Stall to Stability, Wheels That Work, Fruit Cart, Poultry Farm, Livelihood Goat); Refugee Support; and Homes Renovation. Additionally, they offer Islamic Giving options (Aqiqah, Fidya, Kaffarah, Sadaqah Qurbani, Zakat) with an online Zakat Calculator tool. This is not a unified software product but rather a collection of charitable humanitarian projects and donation management services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Seeds of Tomorrow: A community-driven farming and livelihood project based in southern Punjab, Pakistan, founded in 2023, empowering small-scale farmers with sustainable agriculture techniques.
• Children's Eco Village
• Surgeons of Gaza
• Power Farmers Project

Products and services

• Islamic Giving (Zakat, Sadaqah, Qurbani, Fidya, Kaffarah, Aqiqah) Sharia-compliant giving programme offering donors multiple Islamic charitable categories (Zakat, Sadaqah, Qurbani, Fidya, Kaffarah, Aqiqah) with an online Zakat calculator that helps Muslim donors calculate and distribute their obligatory and voluntary charitable contributions to eligible recipients.
• Zakat Calculator Online donor tool that helps Muslim donors calculate their Zakat obligation and direct contributions to eligible recipients through Islamic Help's giving platform.
• Water Hand Pumps Programme Community-based humanitarian programme installing and maintaining hand pumps that provide safe daily drinking water to families living with water scarcity, with each pump serving one to two families for up to 15 years.
• Umrah for Orphans Faith-based humanitarian programme arranging travel, accommodation, and guided Umrah pilgrimage experience for vulnerable Palestinian orphans, providing spiritual journey, healing, and dignity.
• Orphan Sponsorship Programme Monthly sponsorship programme providing orphaned children with regular support covering food, education, and healthcare in multiple countries. Currently supports 2,500+ orphans.
• Yemen Bakery Project Community-run bakery in Taiz, Yemen producing and distributing fresh bread daily to 300 families facing extreme hunger, with 2,220 daily beneficiaries.
• Surgeons of Gaza Programme Emergency surgical deployment programme partnering with IDEALs (WHO-recognised Emergency Medical Team) to send specialist NHS ortho-plastic surgical teams to Gaza, performing life-saving reconstructive surgeries on children with catastrophic burn injuries, blast wounds, and traumatic amputations.
• Winter Appeal Programme Seasonal humanitarian appeal providing winter essentials including blankets, warm clothing, and heating support for families facing extreme cold in crisis-affected regions. Active since 2010.
• Food Security Programme Emergency food aid and food support programme delivering relief to vulnerable families worldwide, including Ramadan food packs, iftar meals, and Qurbani meat distributions; 10 million+ beneficiaries served with 8 million+ meals delivered.
• Medical Programme Healthcare programme delivering urgent treatment and long-term medical support across conflict zones, refugee communities, and underserved regions including surgical missions, maternal health, cataract surgery, prosthetics, hospital support, mobile medicine, and hygiene kits.
• Orphan Family Sponsorship Monthly sponsorship programme supporting orphaned children together with their widowed mothers, providing food, education, healthcare, and household essentials.
• Livelihood Programme Economic empowerment programme helping families generate income through sustainable livelihood initiatives including sewing (From Fabric to Freedom), agriculture (Harvest a Future), market stalls (From Stall to Stability), transportation (Wheels That Work), fruit carts, poultry farms, and goat husbandry.
• Refugee Support Programme Humanitarian support programme for Palestinian, Syrian, and Sudanese refugees including food, shelter, hygiene kits, winter support, and essential relief across multiple countries.
• Environmental Sustainability Programme Environmental sustainability programme protecting natural resources while building resilient communities, including the Children's Eco Village (safe, family-style homes with education and environmental learning for vulnerable children) and Trees for Change (tree planting initiative).
• Palestine Hospital Support Long-term healthcare access support programme for Palestinian families through Palestine Hospital in Cairo, providing hospital water systems serving 400,000 beneficiaries annually.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 million+ people given safe water
• +6 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IDEALs (International Disaster & Emergency Aid with Long-term Support)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDEALs is a WHO-recognised Emergency Medical Team with 16+ years of experience delivering trauma care in Gaza. Islamic Help partners with IDEALs to deploy specialist NHS ortho-plastic surgical teams to Gaza, performing life-saving reconstructive surgeries on children with blast injuries, burns, and traumatic amputations. The partnership has completed 15 surgical missions treating thousands of patients, with 70% being women and children.

Scale indicators25 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Muslim Aid: UK-registered Islamic charity delivering emergency relief, orphan care, food security, and seasonal campaigns (Zakat, Qurbani) — closely comparable model, donor base, and operational footprint to Islamic Help.
• Islamic Relief Worldwide: The UK's largest Islamic humanitarian charity, operating across emergency relief, water/sanitation, food security, orphan sponsorship, and seasonal Zakat/Qurbani campaigns. Directly competes with Islamic Help for the same UK Muslim donor Zakat pool and operates in overlapping geographies (Gaza, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan).
• Muslim Hands: UK-based Islamic charity delivering emergency relief, water projects, food aid, orphan sponsorship, and Qurbani — competing head-to-head with Islamic Help for UK Muslim donors, particularly in Ramadan and Qurbani seasons.
• Human Appeal: UK-headquartered Islamic humanitarian NGO running emergency appeals, orphan sponsorship, food security, and WASH programmes in conflict zones — a closely comparable charity both in donor base and field focus.
• Penny Appeal (Humanity Appeal): UK-based Islamic charity known for low-friction digital giving, Ramadan campaigns, Qurbani, and emergency appeals in the same geographies as Islamic Help (Gaza, Yemen, Sudan) — competes directly for the same UK Muslim donor.

Broad incumbents

• WaterAid UK: UK-based WASH-specialist NGO with deep overlap to Islamic Help's water hand pumps, wells, and sanitation projects — comparable WASH focus though operating with a secular development mandate rather than faith-rooted giving.
• British Red Cross: UK arm of the International Red Cross movement — large incumbent providing emergency relief, refugee support, and water/sanitation programmes with significant overlap to Islamic Help's portfolio across the same geographies.
• UNHCR UK: UN Refugee Agency — operates refugee and IDP programmes in many of the same countries (Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Bangladesh/Rohingya, Afghanistan, Pakistan) where Islamic Help runs refugee and emergency operations.
• Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières: Global medical humanitarian organisation providing emergency surgical and medical care in conflict zones — overlapping with Islamic Help's Surgeons of Gaza and Mobile Medicine programmes but operating at much larger scale and with broader medical scope.
• Oxfam GB: Major UK humanitarian and development organisation with comparable water, food, livelihoods, and emergency programming across multiple countries Islamic Help operates in, though secular rather than faith-rooted.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/islamichelp
• Facebookfacebook.com/islamichelp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/islamic-help

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