Al Mustafa Welfare Trust

What Al Mustafa Welfare Trust does

Al Mustafa Welfare Trust is a UK-registered international humanitarian charity (registered charity in England & Wales 1118492; company number 05581896) founded in 1983 and headquartered in Brentford, Hounslow, with a staff of 51-100. It delivers programs across 25 countries spanning South Asia, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa, addressing food insecurity, lack of clean water, preventable blindness, orphan vulnerability, and emergency disaster relief.

The charity's core products are organized into six program verticals: (i) Emergency Appeals covering Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan floods, including the Mercy Hub village in South Gaza; (ii) the Sight Restoration Programme, comprising four wholly-owned hospitals in Pakistan (Lahore, Islamabad, Dadyal, Mansehra) plus mobile eye camps and the Cataract Charity Appeal that has delivered 278,112 free surgeries since 2010; (iii) Water for Life, including hand pumps, electric and solar wells, water purification plants, and a Natural Water Supply Project in Kashmir; (iv) food aid via the Break the Hunger program, Aqiqah and Sadaqah Sacrifice; (v) Orphan Sponsorship and Hafiz (Quran memorization) Sponsorship; and (vi) UK-focused Neighbours First work.

The business model is donation-funded, accepting single payments, monthly recurring donations, Zakat, Sadaqah, Sadaqah Jariyah, Qurbani, and corporate partnerships via website, phone helpline, bank transfer, and cheque. Pricing is unit-based (e.g., Family Food Pack £55, Water Hand Pump £208, Orphan Sponsorship £28/month or £336/year, Cataract Surgery £45), with tiers anchored at £40/£50/£100 for general donations. The organization operates a stated 100% Zakat policy. Distribution leverages local implementing partners (Egyptian Red Crescent, Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation, UN-registered partners in Sudan, Egyptian Healthcare Authority for a new field hospital), interfaith partners such as the Holy Trinity Church, and personal fundraising pages run by supporters.

Name

Al Mustafa Welfare Trust

Legal name

Al Mustafa Welfare Trust International Ltd

Website

https://almustafatrust.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Al Mustafa Welfare Trust is a UK-registered international humanitarian charity, founded in 1983 and operating across 25 countries, delivering emergency relief, free cataract surgeries via four wholly-owned hospitals in Pakistan, water-well and food-aid programs, orphan sponsorship, and Islamic-faith-based giving through Zakat, Sadaqah, and recurring donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Charitable Giving & Philanthropic Trust Advisory (FSAEAKAH), Financial Assistance & Benefits Navigation Services (BPAGAEAK), International & Global Public Health Aid Administration (Government Donors) (HLAJALAO)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Emergency relief appeals
• Eye care programs
• Orphan sponsorship programs
• Clean water initiatives

Headquarters

HQ city

Hounslow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations (Zakat): Al Mustafa Welfare Trust collects Zakat donations from individual donors, with a 100% Zakat Policy meaning 100% of Zakat reaches those in need. Donors can give one-time or monthly.
2. Charitable Donations (Sadaqah/Sadaqah Jariyah): General charitable donations including Sadaqah and Sadaqah Jariyah (ongoing charity) for various causes such as water wells, orphan sponsorship, and education.
3. Emergency Appeals: Time-limited emergency fundraising campaigns for specific crises such as Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan floods.
4. Orphan Sponsorship: Recurring monthly or annual sponsorship payments for orphaned children, providing food, shelter, education, and healthcare.
5. Program-Specific Donations: Donations designated for specific programs including water wells, eye care/hospitals, food aid, education, and mosque construction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Al Mustafa Welfare Trust is a registered UK charity that collects donations — including Zakat, Sadaqah, Sadaqah Jariyah, Lillah and Qurbani — from individual Muslim donors and corporate partners and deploys the funds across a portfolio of humanitarian programs. These include emergency relief appeals (Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan), the Sight Restoration Programme delivering free cataract surgeries and operating specialist eye and general hospitals in Pakistan, the Water for Life programme installing wells and pumps, food aid distributions, orphan and Hafiz Quran memorisation sponsorship, and local Neighbours First community projects in the UK. The charity operates a 100% Zakat Policy and reaches beneficiaries in 25 countries through both directly run facilities and vetted ground partners.

Product overview

Al Mustafa Welfare Trust operates as a multi-program humanitarian charity rather than a unified technology product. The organization offers distinct charitable programs across emergency relief (Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan Floods), healthcare (sight restoration with cataract surgeries and four eye hospitals in Pakistan, general hospital in Mansehra, field hospital in Egypt), water provision (Water for Life wells and purification plants, Natural Water Supply Project), food security (Break the Hunger, Aqiqah & Sadaqah), orphan and child welfare (Orphan Sponsorship, Hafiz Education), Zakat distribution, and community support (Sadaqah Jariyah, Neighbours First UK programs). These programs function as standalone initiatives under a unified charity brand rather than an integrated product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mercy Hub: A dedicated village in South Gaza created to protect displaced families, offering shelter, bakery producing fresh bread, daily meals, clean water, and food packs.
• Water for Life
• Sight Restoration Programme
• Orphan Sponsorship Programme
• Hafiz Sponsorship Programme

Products and services

• Gaza Emergency Appeal Emergency humanitarian response providing food aid, clean water, hot meals, medical supplies and shelter to displaced families in Gaza through the Mercy Hub village in South Gaza, in coordination with Egyptian Red Crescent and Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation ground partners.
• Lebanon Emergency Appeal Emergency relief program delivering food, water, medical supplies, shelter and emergency aid to civilians affected by violence and bombardment in Lebanon.
• Sudan Emergency Appeal Emergency aid program providing food packs, hygiene kits and medical camps to families displaced by violence and famine in Sudan, delivered exclusively through UN registered partners.
• Syria Emergency Appeal Emergency relief for Syrian refugees and earthquake victims providing hot meals, food packs, shelter, clothing and medical supplies through makeshift camps.
• Yemen Emergency Appeal Comprehensive humanitarian response in Yemen delivering food distribution, clean water via tanks and solar-powered wells, sustainable housing construction and permanent medical clinic services in IDP camps.
• Pakistan Floods Emergency Emergency flood relief providing cooked meals, medical camps, clean drinking water, hygiene kits and emergency packs to communities devastated by monsoon flooding across Punjab and other Pakistani provinces.
• Cataract Charity Appeal (Sight Restoration Programme) Free cataract surgeries, eye screenings and eyeglasses distribution for visually impaired people in impoverished communities across Pakistan, Bangladesh, Palestine, Kenya, Malawi, Djibouti, the Gambia and South Sudan.
• Al Mustafa Eye Hospital Islamabad Specialist eye hospital in Bahria Enclave, Islamabad providing advanced free eye care including cataract surgery, retina treatment, glaucoma management, cornea care and children's eye care for low-income communities in Pakistan.
• Al Mustafa Dadyal Eye Hospital Specialist eye hospital under construction in Dadyal, District Mirpur, designed to make international-standard eye care accessible to disadvantaged communities in the Mirpur district of Pakistan.
• Al Mustafa Eye Hospital Lahore Specialist eye hospital in Lahore serving 200 patients daily with world-class doctors performing cataract surgeries and treating various eye conditions completely free of charge.
• Al Mustafa Hospital Mansehra Multi-specialty hospital in Mansehra providing 24/7 emergency services, general OPD, gynaecology, paediatrics, neonatal ICU, eye care, dental services, laboratory, radiology and operating theatres, opened in 2022.
• Al Mustafa Field Hospital (Egypt) New field hospital being built in Egypt's Suez region in partnership with the Egyptian Healthcare Authority to provide urgent care, complex trauma care, advanced surgical treatments and rehabilitation for Palestinian patients from Gaza.
• Water for Life (Water Wells) Clean water provision programme building water wells, hand pumps, electric wells, solar community wells and water purification plants to deliver safe drinking water to rural communities without access in Pakistan, Africa and the Middle East.
• Natural Water Supply Project Sustainable water solution for mountainous regions tapping natural water streams and glaciers, piping clean water directly to homes, schools, mosques and hospitals; pilot in Bagh, Azad Jammu & Kashmir serving 7,000 people.
• Break the Hunger (Food Aid) Food security programme providing family food packs and hot cooked meals to vulnerable families; in 2025 it delivered food aid to 1,727,886 people across Pakistan, Palestine, Bangladesh, Burma, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Kenya, Malawi and Djibouti.
• Aqiqah & Sadaqah Sacrifice Islamic sacrificial programme performing Aqiqah for newborns and Sadaqah sacrifices, distributing meat packages or hot meals to impoverished communities where meat is rarely available.
• Orphan Sponsorship Programme Comprehensive orphan care programme providing education, healthcare, food, clothing, shelter and emotional support to orphaned children; 9,006 orphans sponsored globally.
• Sponsor a Hafiz (Quran Education) Hifz sponsorship programme enabling children from underprivileged families to complete Quran memorisation, providing education, daily meals, healthcare and accommodation; 18,854 Hafiz students sponsored.
• Zakat Programme Islamic almsgiving programme operating under a 100% Zakat Policy ensuring every penny of donor Zakat reaches those most in need with complete transparency and trust.
• Sadaqah Jariyah Gifting Ongoing charity programme covering sewing machine distribution, One Mosque One Palace mosque construction and other sustainable development projects that provide perpetual rewards for donors.
• Neighbours First (UK Community Support) Local UK community support programmes including the Homeless Project with Holy Trinity Church, Community Shelf food bank, Community Support Project and Prison Rehabilitation Project helping vulnerable UK populations.
• Build a School School construction programme helping to break the cycle of poverty through education in underprivileged communities; 41 schools built to date.
• Sponsor a Student Student sponsorship programme supporting the education of children in developing countries as a vital investment in their future.

Quantifiable outcome

• 278,112+ cataract surgeries performed since 2010
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Egyptian Red CrescentcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEgyptian Red Crescent has direct access to Gaza through the Rafah border with permission to deliver aid. They cook nutritious meals in Al Arish, Egypt, and deliver freshly cooked meals into Gaza for distribution in Khan Younis.
• Jordanian Hashemite Charity OrganisationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation prepares Family Food Packs in their Zarqa warehouse for delivery through the Kerem Abu Salim crossing into Gaza.
• Egyptian Healthcare AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Egyptian Healthcare Authority to build a new Al Mustafa Field Hospital in Egypt's Suez region dedicated to urgent care, complex trauma care, advanced surgical treatments, and rehabilitation for Gaza patients.
• UN Registered PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAl Mustafa Welfare Trust's teams exclusively work with UN registered partners to provide essential aid in Sudan crisis response.
• International Rescue CommitteeminorOthersListed as an affiliate/member organization, indicating some form of collaborative relationship in humanitarian response.
• Holy Trinity ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Homeless Project, demonstrating interfaith collaboration in community support initiatives.

Scale indicators23 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Mercy Corps: Large international humanitarian organization delivering emergency relief and long-term development across multiple crisis regions; broader secular mandate but overlapping geographies (Gaza, Sudan, Yemen) and program types.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Major international medical humanitarian organization providing hospital and surgical care in conflict zones; comparable in operating hospitals and eye-care delivery in countries like Gaza, Sudan, and Yemen, though with a secular donor base.
• UNHCR: UN agency for refugees running large-scale humanitarian programs across the same geographies (Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon) where Al Mustafa operates; overlaps in beneficiary profile and program categories at vastly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Muslim Aid: UK-registered Muslim charity working on emergency response, food security, water, orphan sponsorship, and healthcare across crisis regions; comparable mission and target Muslim donor base with overlapping program categories.
• Al-Khair Foundation: UK-registered Muslim charity delivering humanitarian relief, water projects, food aid, education, and emergency appeals; closely comparable program mix and UK Muslim donor focus.
• Penny Appeal: UK-headquartered charity with strong Muslim donor base running emergency appeals, water wells, food aid, and orphan sponsorship; competes for the same Ramadan and Qurbani donation windows as Al Mustafa.
• Human Appeal: UK-based Muslim humanitarian charity operating emergency appeals, orphan sponsorship, food aid, and water programs across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia; directly comparable scope and donor demographic with similar growth profile.
• Islamic Relief Worldwide: UK-headquartered Muslim faith-based humanitarian charity delivering emergency relief, healthcare, water, food security, and orphan sponsorship globally; directly comparable to Al Mustafa in mission, donor base, and program portfolio but at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Direct Relief: International humanitarian medical aid organization providing medicines, supplies, and support to hospitals and clinics in crisis and low-resource settings; partial overlap with Al Mustafa's eye hospital and clinical care programs.

Others

• Humanity & Inclusion (Handicap International): International organization supporting people with disabilities in low-income and conflict-affected settings; partial overlap with Al Mustafa's support for disabled children in school and persons with disabilities in business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/almustafawti
• Facebookfacebook.com/almustafawelfaretrust
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/almustafawelfaretrustinternational

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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