Alhamdulillah, Euro Quality Lambs (EQL) have completed another Qurbani season that involved sacred offering and performing Qurbani for our community in the UK. We successfully performed Qurbani for our retail & trade customers and charity partners in accordance with nationally agreed and endorsed Qurbani Protocol.

This year’s Qurbani season saw continued interest and engagement from retail customers. More stable and competitive prices than last year helped more people to book Qurbanis in the UK despite trending inflation. Eligibility of Qurbani animals has also been better as compared to last year. We offered old season lamb and sheep for Qurbani this year. Overall 366kg of charity meat was generated for which we and the recipients are grateful to the genorousity of our customers.

We spent a significant amount of time in cutting and distribution of Qurbani meat for our charity partners and for our own network of beneficiaries. Our Qurbani operations lasted for almost two and a half weeks after the first 3 days of Eid -ul- Adha. This requires maturation of Qurbani carcasses which results in the dual benefit of increased flavour and enhanced tenderness. We are passionate about offering the meat in the best way possible (as we would offer to an esteemed guest), hence the time devoted for a worthy cause!

Here’s a roundup of how we distributed your kind Qurbani donations in 2025.

Animal Co-Product Proceeds

Alhumdulillah we collected £861 of animal co-product proceeds from those that entrusted us with this Amanah. We are in continued partnership with Islamic Relief in ensuring that the money generated is allocated to the poor and needy as defined by the first two categories of Zakah recipients. This was donated to Islamic Relief on 8 July 2025.

The co-product value of the Qurbani animal must go to the charity. Historically this included skins but unbelievably it now COSTS abattoirs money to dispose of skins. Parts of the animal that continue to be sold (what we call co-products) include casing (from the small intestine, after cleaning to make sausages) and tripe (from the stomach).

Heads and feet have negligible value as they need further processing (for washing, dehairing and singing) before they can be used for human consumption.

We aim to spread awareness about co-product donations through our Qurbani FAQs (Q21) so that more butchers and abattoirs are asked about how these proceeds are communicated, collected and distributed so that ultimately more beneficiaries receive financial support from the blessings of each Qurbani performed.

Our estimation is that, across the UK, approximately £150k+ of co-product donations is UNACCOUNTED FOR! That is a lot of money that could have been used to support those in need. The Halal Food Information Centre (HFIC) launched a consumer awareness campaign for Qurbani 2025 that also encompassed this topic among others. Please spread awareness about this important topic! For further reading on Qurbani, please visit their resources page.

Gift Aid

Your gift-aid makes a huge difference and helps our charity pay for distribution costs and couriering meat for those who could not arrange transport to our site. Some of it is also allocated to develop Qurbani standards for UK abattoirs & butchers, as well as the work we do to support charities offering international Qurbani.

If you are a UK tax-payer we always recommend you tick the gift-aid box. It will make no difference to you (and can even reduce your tax if you are a higher-rate tax payer), however it makes a signficant difference to how we support beneficiaries.

Meat Donations

Alhumduillah 363 KG of charity meat was donated this year. However the need was greater and we could not meet all the charity meat requests received this year due to lack of meat donated.

The donated meat was cut, packed and distributed to the following causes and places:

Local refugees and needy families

Through our masjid, Craven Arms Islamic Centre (CAIC), and connections with the South Shropshire Interfaith Forum, we have
identified a number of Syrian and Afghan refugee families who are settled in surrounding areas. Our Imam Sohayb Peerbhai and colleague Ibrar delivered 121 Kgs of meat to:

Newtown	80 KG for 15 families including Syrian and Afghan refugees
Shrewsbury	10 KG for 2 Syrian refugee families
Telford & Oswestry	5 KG for 2 refugee families
Allocated for events organised for supporting Palestine	10 KG
Shrewsbury Masjid	1 KG
Bishop’s Castle	15 KG for Wolverhampton refugees

Local Food Banks

200 KG of Mutton joints were donated to food banks in Shrewsbury and Ludlow. They were so grateful to receive high quality meat!

Shrewsbury Food Hub	100 KG
Ludlow Helping Hands	100 KG

Refugees & Asylum Seekers in Scotland and Manchester

Through our network of local volunteers and CAIC, we have some pre-determined numbers of individuals and families in Scotland and Manchester in need of support – some of whom used to live locally but have since moved away. We distributed 20 KG of Qurbani lamb meat to the families in Manchester and 20KG to the families in Scotland (including some meat to the local masjid) respectively.

How do we manage charity meat requests?

How do we plan our charity distribution for a given Qurbani season? We hear you asking the question. The charity meat donated to us is an Amaanah, and we are bound to distribute it with transparency and due diligence whilst protecting the integrity of the recipients.

We invite charity meat requests through our online form (click on image). This form provides greater insight about potential recipients to assess their request and to allocate the right quantity for households or community centres as the case may be. We hope to further improve and refine this form going forward. All suggestions are welcome! Click to access the form.

The charity meat donations allows us to bring joy to many families, allowing them to enjoy the barakah of Qurbani meat and know that people are out there that are thinking of them. We hope this generosity continues. Please make niyah (good intention) inshaAllah and help us to help people in two ways.

Perform at least one Qurbani from your family in the UK fully for charity. Alternatively donate a third of your Qurbani (Sunnah – recommended way) by selecting the option available on our Qurbani order form. Encouraging others to do the same will increase the charity meat allocation insha’Allah.

Forward this blog to food charities and organisations that you think would benefit from receiving Qurbani meat for charitable causes through their volunteers or foodbanks. With your help and contribution we can all play our part to bring some joy to those in need!

Qurbani 2026

Qurbani is a great act of ibadah that carries immense reward if performed in the prescribed manner with true intention and belief. There is nothing more beloved to Allah swt during the (three) days of Tashreek than Qurbani. May Allah swt accept our Qurbani, ibadah and prayers. Ameen.

EQL thanks all its customers, donors, colleagues, drivers and partners for making the Qurbani 2025 charitable distribution successful. We shall continue to pursue ihsan (excellence) in how we conduct Qurbani and to provide you with the best satisfaction, experience and value.

We look forward to welcoming you again next year insha’Allah 🙂

Other Charitable Initiatives

Our director Rizvan Khalid and halal and animal welfare expert, Dr Awal Fuseini have written a book to educate children on halal meat production titled as ‘Where Does my Halal Meat Come From?’.

The book is available to purchase from our website. Click here to purchase

Muslim Charities Convention 2025

Our Charitable Arm, Euro Quality Foundation, has been proud to be one of the key sponsors of Muslim Charities Convention 2025. Held in London on 3rd July 2025, the event hosted wider charity sector of the UK facilitating collaboration and networking among community leaders and social entrepreneurs. The event also showcased several charities exhibiting their projects and achievements in making a positive impact to the communities and the UK society.