Why We Created
Moosa Trust

I want to tell you about a moment that wouldn't leave me alone.

Last year, I sat down and tried to work out where my charity had gone. Not the intention behind it — I knew that. I meant the money itself. The £20 here, the £50 there, the Ramadan donations, the collection tins, the links I'd clicked on late at night. Over the course of a year, it added up to a meaningful amount. And I couldn't tell you — honestly, hand on heart — where a single pound of it ended up.

I don't say that to criticise anyone. Most charities do good work. But I kept coming back to a simple question: if I gave someone my money and asked them to feed a hungry family with it, shouldn't I be able to find out whether that family was fed?

When I raised this with my family — my brothers Faizel and Zubair — they felt exactly the same way. Not anger, just a quiet frustration. We all give. We all trust. And none of us really know what happened next.

That frustration is why Moosa Trust exists.

Not because the world needs another charity. It doesn't. But because we believe — deeply, as a matter of faith — that when someone parts with their hard-earned money for the sake of Allah, they are owed a full account of what was done with it. Not a thank-you email. Not a newsletter with a stock photo. A real, honest answer: here is what your money did, here is who it reached, and here is the proof.

Think about what that would feel like. Imagine dropping a few coins into a collection box and, weeks later, receiving a message with photographs of the well your money helped build. The village. The families. The children drinking clean water for the first time. Imagine knowing — not hoping, not trusting, but knowing — that your sadaqah arrived.

That is the standard we have set for ourselves. And here is what it means in practice:

This isn't just an aspiration. We've already started.

Our first project was a water well in Sri Lanka — £500, raised entirely from our own family and community. We chose the partner carefully. We tracked the cost. When the well is complete, every person who contributed will receive a full debrief: where it was built, who it serves, photographs from the site, and a clear breakdown of how their money was spent. That's not a special case. That is how every single Moosa Trust project will work, insha'Allah.

We started small deliberately. Within our own family. Within our own community. Because trust isn't something you announce — it's something you earn. Project by project. Promise kept by promise kept. And we would rather serve ten people with complete honesty than ten thousand with vague assurances.

As we grow, we want to involve our donors more directly — giving you a genuine say in where funds are directed. But that is for tomorrow. Today, our focus is simpler: do what we said we would do, and prove it.

We are not trying to be the biggest charity. We are trying to be the most trusted one.

Jazakum Allahu Khayran for your trust, your support, and your du'a. When you give through Moosa Trust, you are not simply donating — you are sending a part of yourself to someone who needs it. We consider it our sacred duty to bring that story back to you.

Minhaz Moosa

Founder & Chair

Moosa Trust UK