Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

AHLULBAYT CULTURAL CENTRE

Provide religious education, Festive and Other Religious Activities, Financial Assistance for the needy/poor/orphons/handicaps and Collection of funds to meet these special projects in and outside the community within UK or Overseas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£89£106£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£64£52£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£38£23£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20*£97£86£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£191£237£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£90£144£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£33£70£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£61£122£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£269£109£160n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£13£94£-81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£161£27£134n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£33£28£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£38£32£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£241£236£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£124£124£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£48£31£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years
(19 years as a company)

01132443419

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Muslim congregations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • India, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Diaspora heritage stories
£20,000 08/12/2021
A heritage project to capture the stories of primary diaspora community founders, their stories and journeys to Leeds. The project will engage young people with journalism skills to film, edit and compile these stories for publication.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-68
  • HUSSAIN ABDUL-AMEER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
  • SAFAA ALI Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Company Director
  • ZENA AL-MAUSAWE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/01/2008, number: 1122476
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/12/2004, number: 05322133
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR18: 132 days late,
Main office

35 HANOVER SQUARE
LEEDS
LS3 1BQ

Objectives

ORGANISATION IS ESTABLISHED TO BENEFIT PEOPLE IN LEEDS IN ORDER TO:-ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE AHLULBAYT AND THE TWELVE IMAMS.PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.RELIEVE POVERTY.FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEEDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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