Three of the UK’s largest Muslim charities have denied taking money from Andrew Tate despite the controversial influencer using their logos to promote his charity work.
Tate, 36, recently converted to Islam and supports the claim he gives $25 million a year to charity using images provided by the charities showing children being handed bread in Syria, food distribution in Lebanon and cataract surgery in India.
But The News Movement contacted the charities and they all said they had never directly received a penny from Andrew Tate or his brother, Tristan.
Two of them said they were concerned being linked to the notorious misogynist could damage their reputations.
The Tate brothers are awaiting trial on suspicion of human trafficking alongside two women who worked for them over the Tates’ webcam porn business. All four have denied the allegations.
Tate publicly announced his conversion to Islam in October 2022 and his donations to the prominent Muslim charities have all come since his arrest in December that year.
In a video on his website, Andrew Tate says: “I dedicate 25 million dollars per year. Tate Pledge is funded 100 per cent by me - this is my personal money.”
But the charities all said that they had provided images to a member of the public as a matter of policy, in order to show donors where their money goes. That member of the public dedicated the donation to the Tate brothers, according to the non-profit organisations.
One of the charities, Muslim Hands, stressed that they were concerned not only at the potential damage to their reputation of being associated with Tate, but that the images being used “insinuate a level of giving which is not reflected in the relatively modest donations we have received in this case”.
On his page Tate Pledge, the influencer famous for his misogyny uses images with the logos and banners of Human Appeal, Muslim Hands and Muslim Global Relief alongside the brothers’ names. The images show staff handing out food, often in branded clothing and include help for some of the poorest and most desperate people on the planet.
Muslim Hands, which receives nearly £40 million in donations per year, said they had not received a direct donation and that they would not take one if it were offered. Shahid Bashir, the deputy CEO, said the charity was “extremely concerned” and that the pictures and videos were “provided privately to an individual donor to verify the delivery of aid projects by our staff” and had been used without authorisation.
“Given the very serious offences with which the Tate brothers were charged in June,” he added, “we have requested the removal of all this material from the Tates' website and made it clear that we would neither welcome nor accept any further donations on their behalf while current proceedings are active.”
Human Appeal, a UK-based global relief organisation that is active in more than 25 countries, said the charity “does not tolerate or support misogyny.
Momna Abdul, the charity’s associate manager for campaigns and pledges, said: “A massive amount of our humanitarian work over the years has been in support of vulnerable women at home and abroad.
“We must emphasise that Human Appeal did not receive any donation from Andrew Tate or Tristan Tate.
“The photos attached in your email were taken some 5 months ago at a charity food distribution in Lebanon in aid of vulnerable refugees, many of them women.”
Muslim Global Relief said that the charity “firmly opposes any acts of violence against women. We actively provide support to survivors of domestic abuse and have also been actively involved in assisting female victims of acid burn attacks in Pakistan”. MGR added that the money had not come directly from Tate, but stressed that the allegations against Tate were not proven. Mohammed Bashir, deputy managing director of the charity, said: “We constantly evaluate the associations we have with organisations and individuals we collaborate with to ensure that their principles and values align with ours.”
Asked whether their principles and values aligned with Tate’s, they gave no response. Andrew Tate’s team declined to comment.