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Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief Dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the world's poorest people.
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Key Financial

Financial and business review

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is a non-governmental, non-political humanitarian aid organisation with operations in 25 countries. We are dedicated to helping people in need and are accountable to our donors, supporters, beneficiaries, partners and all our stakeholders. Our activities in 2009 consisted of responding to humanitarian emergencies, addressing the long-term requirements of people in need, attempting to address the underlying causes of poverty, and promoting sustainable development.


Environment

We are among the Top 100 charities in the United Kingdom. IRW does not view itself as having competitors in the corporate sense but rather fellow organisations operating in the same sector, working towards the common goal of providing humanitarian relief and alleviating suffering. This is illustrated, for example, by the joint working partnership of leading charities through the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). Click here to read full financial and business review.

Investment policy and performance

The governing document (Memorandum and Articles of Association) empowers the charity to invest any available moneys in such investments, securities or property as it sees fit, subject to any conditions or consents that may be imposed or required by law. Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) will engage in short-, medium- or long-term investments, subject to the amount and nature of funds available. The policy applies to the centrally managed funds in the United Kingdom only and does not cover Islamic Relief offices in other parts of the world.


The main principles governing all investments are:

that funds are protected from risk and inflation      that funds are protected from risk and inflation
that Islamic principles are observed      that Islamic principles are observed
that the best income is obtained from fundsfor its purpose.      that the best income is obtained from fundsfor its purpose.


Islamic Relief will invest in fixed assets such as property, equipment, stocks (with the exception of stocks related to areas mentioned under its ethical investment policy) or other current assets such as cash. Click here to read full Investment policy and performance report.