Orison Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Orison Charitable Trust's stated purpose centres on promoting the Shia Ithna-Asheri faith through tabligh, alongside education, poverty relief and medical assistance, so a group whose work sits well outside those aims is unlikely to be a good match.
- The annual report gives annual giving of £2,003,877, with £404,802 going to individuals, but it states no grant range, so no realistic request size is stated, and a modest, carefully costed ask is the safest starting point.
- The trust lists Bangladesh, the Philippines, Bosnia & Herzegovina, India, Italy, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, France and Africa as priority areas, which a UK organisation can note, though this is a priority focus rather than a stated limit.
- No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so ask the trust how it accepts approaches before preparing a full proposal, and expect that medical cases are screened and decided in consultation with experts.
Overview
Orison Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1098822).
Orison Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its principal purpose is to promote the Shia Ithna-Asheri faith through tabligh, alongside advancing education and relieving poverty, and it provides financial assistance to individuals and charitable projects as well as non-financial support such as counselling. The annual report gives annual giving of £2,003,877, of which £404,802 went to individuals. Its causes include support for community centres in the UK, medical assistance for the under privileged, economic enhancement programmes, the Ramadan Food Basket Programme, training and CPD courses for volunteers and workers, and support for education and university students in the UK and abroad.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The trust's principal purpose is to propagate the Shia Ithna-Asheri faith through tabligh, while also advancing education, relieving poverty and providing medical assistance. Its work includes secular education and economic upliftment, with financial support for struggling families, including refugees, and an emphasis on sustainable economic opportunities. It supports community centres, seminary students and scholars who share Shia teachings, and works with charities to assist people who cannot afford medical procedures and to equip hospitals in deprived areas. It also provides financial assistance to individuals and charitable projects, including education and university students in the UK and abroad, food relief and volunteer training. Alongside financial aid, it funds practical support services such as counselling; medical cases are screened with decisions made in consultation with experts.
Themes
- Shia religious outreach
- Secular education
- Poverty relief
- Economic upliftment
- Medical assistance
Geographic Focus
Priority: Bangladesh; Philippines; Bosnia & Herzegovina; India; Italy; Nepal; Pakistan; Thailand; Malaysia; United Kingdom; France; Africa.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- For medical support, it works with trusted charities; cases are screened and decisions are made in consultation with experts.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Africa
- Bangladesh
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- France
- India
- Italy
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £2,473,102 | £2,123,135 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £2,554,028 | £2,752,578 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £1,841,512 | £1,721,459 | £1,256,553 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £2,137,681 | £2,230,391 | £1,544,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £2,809,920 | £2,568,988 | £2,003,877 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- orisoncharity.org
- orisoncharity.org/economic-upliftment · read on 30 October 2026
- orisoncharity.org/tabligh · read on 30 October 2026
- orisoncharity.org/medical-support · read on 30 October 2026
- orisoncharity.org/about-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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