Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

JAMIA ISLAMIA GHOUSIA 

Religious and welfare, religious education to youth and elders, seminars, conferences, wedding and funerals for mainly Muslim community. Mainly Asian community with some British and Middle East community. Major religious institute in UK. Welfare for disadvantaged and elders. Muslim advice service. Marriage registry for UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,836,758 available, equivalent to 39 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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
31/03/23£723£559£164£0£1,837£1,83739.43610
31/03/22£691£601£90£0£1,673£1,67333.4306
31/03/21£902£609£293£0£1,575£1,57531286
31/03/20£496£447£49n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£506£462£44£92£1,233£1,23332.1236
31/03/18£518£431£87£89£1,189£1,18933.1180
31/03/17£541£427£114£116£1,102£1,1023160
31/03/16£441£402£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£519£384£134£276£948£94829.6100
31/03/14*£475£385£89£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£409£303£106£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£351£260£92£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£259£178£82£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£206£147£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£138£137£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£113£113£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£131£86£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£91£67£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£72£72£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£84£79£5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 39.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 37 years

www.ghousiatrust.co.uk

info@ghousiatrust.co.uk

01582410704

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Muslim religious associations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Pakistan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 36 employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/10/1987, number: 297279
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
20 returns made; AR14: 34 days late, AR12: 22 days late, AR10: 131 days late,
Main office

23 WESTBOURNE ROAD
LUTON
BEDFORDSHIRE
LU4 8JD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE FAITH OF ISLAM AND ISLAMIC CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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