Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • Gov Income
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

    THE SHI'AH INSTITUTE 

    Facilitate & promote scholarship on Shi'ah Ithna Ashari Islam, its heritage & peoples. Present diverse approaches founded on effective traditions of textual scholarship & hermeneutics, complement by modern academic methods to foster a better understanding of Shi'ah Islam. Provide a forum for the highest standard of research & the academic dissemination of the timeless & universal Shi'ah tradition.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received Government grants
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • Income has been volatile recently

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    30/04/23£17£15£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/22£73£71£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/21£151£137£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/20£78£169£-91n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/19£182£197£-15n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/18£314£313£1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/17£342£334£7£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/16£287£292£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/15£202£196£7£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/14£157£141£16£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 11 years

    www.shiahinstitute.org

    ido@shiahinstitute.org

    02076377544

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    • Religious Activities
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Camden,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (3)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • RAZA HASSAN (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Banker
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2013, number: 1153889
    • Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2013, number: 08476719
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    10 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    BLOOMSBURY HOUSE
    26 BLOOMSBURY STREET
    BLOOMSBURY
    LONDON
    WC1B 3QJ

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE SHI'AH ITHNA 'ASHARI MUSLIM FAITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FACILITATING AND PROMOTING SCHOLARSHIP ON SHI'AH ITHNA 'ASHARI ISLAM AND FUNDING, CARRYING OUT AND ORGANISING RESEARCH, LECTURES AND CONFERENCES AND TO PUBLICLY DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT SHI'AH ITHNA 'ASHARI ISLAM, ITS HERITAGE AND PEOPLES THROUGH MEDIA SUCH AS PUBLICATIONS, THE INTERNET, UNIVERSITY LECTURES, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND LECTURES.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
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