Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

PRESTON MUSLIM FORUM LIMITED

to develop, support, engage and empower persons mainly but not exclusively Muslims in and around Preston in the fields of education, employment, training, health, capacity building, regeneration and community development.to ensure participation and raise awareness of issues faced by beneficiries who are disadvantaged by providing advice, guidance and counselling, with a view to releive poverty
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/03/23£91£111£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£91£111£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£256£106£149n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£336£40£296n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£73£89£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£63£70£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£68£40£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£20£23£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£43£36£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£30£29£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£50£37£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£39£40£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£45£53£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10?£18£47£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£209£155£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£144£129£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£105£108£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£109£89£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£67£77£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years
(29 years as a company)

www.pmforum.org.uk

office@pmforum.org.uk

01772 889431

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Pilgrim Trust£91,150
Lloyds Bank Foundation£75,000
DCMS£32,658
Co-Op Foundation£10,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£8,300
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Preston Muslim Forum Limited
£91,150 05/12/2023
Minds United: Provide appropriate services and support to BME young women aged 16-25 experiencing mental health problems and empower them to access help for their mental health.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Preston Muslim Forum Limited (PMF)
£75,000 04/10/2023
36
Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Preston Muslim Forum Limited (PMF)
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - 'Fed, Informed & Inspired'
£3,000 10/05/2023
To establish a lunch club for older people where they can receive advice regarding benefits, energy bills, and the cost of living crisis.
Co-Op Foundation - Preston Muslim Forum Limited  STC Expand application
£10,000 18/12/2020
To help you build on the work and impact from Space to Connect Explore funding, aimed at providing communities with a space to connect
Cumbria Community Foundation - Operational and running costs
£8,300 10/07/2020
Operational and running costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,658 08/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Co-Op Foundation - STC Explore
£9,935 03/10/2019
Plan to deliver community engagement events, conversations, activities and workshops to reduce social isolation, strengthen relationships and get new ideas and perspectives.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hamara Community Hub
£452,603 24/05/2018
60
Preston Muslim Forum Limited (PMF) will extend and refurbish their facilities to develop its role as a community hub. The building extension involves adding a single storey and reconfiguring the existing ground floor space. The project aims to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hamaara Youth Club
£9,720 02/08/2017
12
The funding will be used to run youth club activities and youth leadership training for young men in the local Muslim community. The project aim to provide positive activities for young people to take part in.
National Lottery Community Fund - Aspire & Achieve
£100,787 16/12/2015
35
A project to provide employment skills and training for people facing multiple disadvantage. The scheme will provide a range of support including CV writing, job searches, completing application forms, IT, job workshops, and exploring volunteer ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-69
  • ISAMAIL DAOUD, Occupation: Director
  • ISMAIL SULEMAN RAWAT (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Director
  • MARTIN HORTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • SARFRAZ ISMAIL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • YASMIN AHMED Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/09/1997, number: 1064609
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/05/1995, number: 03054937
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 205 days late, AR21: 11 days late, AR20: 9 days late, AR18: 21 days late, AR08: 24 days late, AR07: 44 days late, AR06: 10 days late, AR05: 101 days late, AR04: 233 days late,
Main office

PRESTON MUSLIM FORUM
HAMARA CENTRE
REAR OF 158 CASTLETON ROAD
PRESTON
PR1 6QH

Objectives

Primarily but not exclusively for the benefit of Muslims or those of Muslim decent ('beneficiaries') in Preston and the surrounding area ('area of benefit') by:(a) Relieving the poverty, hardship and distress arising therefrom of such beneficiaries through the provision of information, advice and guidance to improve both the social and economic circumstances, mental and physical health and well-being, by whatever charitable means the Trustees think fit;(b) Advancing the education of such beneficiaries through the provision of training sessions, vocational and non-vocational classes, employment advice and other assistance in gaining employment;(c) Providing facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation for those who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial circumstances or social and/or economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life of such persons.’

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRESTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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