Bilad Al Shaam
What it does
Bilad Al Shaam provides food, health and medical support to refugees and displaced families in Syria and Turkey, sponsors Syrian orphans, widows and families with mental health and special needs in Turkey. Also provides educational supplies to schools teaching displaced and refugee children and provides educational support to Syrian refugees in England and Wales.
Its charitable purposes
1) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN SYRIA WHO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND MEDICAL AID.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF ARABIC LANGUAGE CLASSES.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Religious activities
- Human rights, equality and diversity
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides other finance
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
- Syria
- Turkey
Area of benefit in its governing document: Throughout Englandsyria
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £1,722 and spent £40,186.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £1,722 | £40,186 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2024 | £2,730 | £18,594 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2023 | £3,159 | £20,286 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2022 | £15,012 | £34,759 | Not reported | 1 |
| 30 June 2021 | £9,920 | £6,653 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 83%, from £9,920 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £1,722 in the year to 30 June 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 2,334% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Safia AlibrahimChair
- Asmaa John
- Ayman Hamade
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | 30 April 2026 | Received 26 April 2026, 4 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2024 | 30 April 2025 | Received 28 March 2025, 33 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2023 | 30 April 2024 | Received 11 April 2024, 19 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2022 | 30 April 2023 | Received 31 March 2023, 30 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2021 | 30 April 2022 | Received 31 March 2022, 30 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1155195
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 6 January 2014
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/06/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/12/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/01/2014
- Company number
- 08589845This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.biladalshaam.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.