Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

OSMANI TRUST

The Osmani Trust is a youth and community organisation operating in the East of London. It offers a range of services for young people and the community at large. These can be grouped into the following themes: education, training and employment; gang mediation, conflict resolution and community safety; health and sports; and generic youth club and holiday provisions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£1,817£1,615£202£40£513£3902.92730
31/03/22£1,301£1,112£189£21£311£1641.82225
31/03/21£797£729£68£20£122£811.31853
31/03/20£768£754£14£37£53£480.81651
31/03/19£822£861£-39£28£39£230.31552
31/03/18£758£829£-70£27£79£230.3150
31/03/17£907£865£42£38£149£991.4190
31/03/16£940£839£102£23£107£100.1240
31/03/15£975£920£55£248£5£-64-0.8320
31/03/14*£1,051£1,148£-97£280£-39£-62-0.6350
31/03/13£1,000£1,264£-264£200£58£470.4370
31/03/12*£1,385£1,396£-11£210£322£190.2320
31/03/11£1,419£1,291£128£78£333£3032.8460
31/03/10*£1,260£1,263£-4£22£205£850.8300

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 47%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years

www.osmanitrust.org

finance@osmanitrust.org

02072478080

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newham, Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Greater London Authority£661,585
National Lottery Community Fund£484,128
Ministry of Justice£179,900
BBC Children in Need£77,500
City Bridge Trust£72,265
Barrow Cadbury Trust£45,850
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - New Deal for Young People Grants
£411,585 01/01/2024
We want to scale up our existing successful one-to-one mentoring services in Tower Hamlets to benefit an additional 300 disadvantaged and mainly BAME young people in Newham and Barking & Dagenham. We want to transfer the learning, quality, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MH Summer Youth Engagement Project 2023
£10,000 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a summer holiday programme and additional youth club sessions including sports workshops and social activities for young people and young people with special educational needs. The project aims to deter young ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Osmani Trust
£4,000 26/05/2023
£4,000 (10 days) to provide an eco audit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Employment Project
£10,000 14/04/2023
The funding will be used to support young people who are unemployed not in education and at risk of criminal exploitation to develop employability skills through workshops and training. This project aims to reduce rates of unemployment increase ....more
Greater London Authority - Second Chance
£100,000 21/12/2022
The funding will enable us to continue delivering long-term 1- 2-1 mentoring to young people (10-24 years old), using a trusted adult to help them make cognitive behaviour change; stop their involvement in drugs, violence and criminal activities and ....more
Power to Change - OSMANI TRUST LTD (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to OSMANI TRUST LTD (RCF)
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Osmani Trust
£4,149 13/07/2022
£4,150 to meet the costs of an independent access audit of the Osmani Centre, to provide recommendations to improve accessibility for all users
National Lottery Community Fund - Queens Jubilee
£8,000 01/04/2022
The funding will be used to host a community celebration day for the Queen’s Jubilee. The project aims to bring local people together people of different backgrounds and faith/no faith newly arrived and established communities.
Ministry of Justice - The Bridge Project
£89,950 01/03/2022
To support a reduction in reoffending for young Bangladeshi men on the probation caseload and those transitioning from the Youth Offending Service.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Osmani Trust
£7,500 12/04/2021
12
Covid additional main grant unrestricted core costs
Ministry of Justice - The Osmani Trust
£89,950 01/04/2021
To provide funding to The Osmani Trust for the benefit of probation service users in the Bangladeshi community in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Rebuilding Lives
£45,850 24/10/2020
12
To investigate the experiences of young adult Muslims in the criminal justice systems and identify enablers to sustain progress towards rehabilitation.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Osmani Trust
£49,980 28/09/2020
towards welfare and debt advice, foodbank, and other support services as outlined in your application
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Osmani Trust
£77,500 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will provide a range of youth services to BAME children and young people who live in low-income households and are at risk of becoming involved in crime, to help raise aspirations, self-confidence and engagement at school
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Osmani Trust
£8,000 23/07/2020
Grant to Osmani Trust meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Osmani Trust
£14,136 05/06/2020
£14,136 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding overheads.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Osmani Trust
£15,000 04/02/2020
purchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Tower Hamlets
National Lottery Community Fund - Aasha ? Schools & Community Early Intervention Project
£456,128 31/01/2020
35
This funding will deliver an early intervention programme to tackle rising youth violence, gang exploitation and exploitation of vulnerable children. The organisation will visit schools to raise awareness and improve resilience in pupils. There will ....more
Greater London Authority - Osmani Trust
£150,000 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Osmani Trust
£15,000 20/11/2019
12
Grant to fund a Digital Fundraising Consultant to help Osamani Trust develop and implement our digital fundraising strategy, including a a new/revapmed website implementation of recommendations.
Sport England - Stepping into Sport
£10,000 17/10/2019
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Stepping into Sport. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - Summer 2019 Activities
£10,000 06/08/2019
3
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Summer 2019 Activities. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Developing a community digital cafe and games room for young people in their building
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£10,000 20/12/2018
Developing a community digital cafe and games room for young people in their building
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Osmani Trust
£4,837 19/11/2018
We want to deliver a weekly mental health user group session to help improve the lives of people suffering from mental health issues in TH.
National Lottery Community Fund - FC Osmani United
£10,000 26/10/2018
12
The project will deliver a football club to improve community integration. The aim is to reduce gang violence and anti-social behaviour by bringing people together through sport.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Osmani Trust
£99,990 02/03/2018
36
1:1 mentoring sessions for 90 disadvantaged young people in Tower Hamlets. Young people will have increased confidence, self-esteem, knowledge and skills, and improved relationships.
Power to Change - Osmani Trust
£143,707 17/02/2017
36
Grant to Osmani Trust
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Osmani Trust
£14,000 25/01/2017
12
The charity supports young people and the local community in East London through a range of projects. Its request for development support will ensure the charity's strategy and the services it runs are fit for purpose, impactful and sustainable.
National Lottery Community Fund - Girls Community Engagement & Leadership Project
£10,000 29/06/2016
12
The group will use the funding to deliver a development project for young women and girls primarily in the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) community. This will develop life skills, promote personal independence, build confidence and open up ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - OC Active
£308,670 17/05/2012
60
This project will address poor levels of participation in physical activities, increased take up of smoking, drug abuse and alcohol consumption and increased levels of obesity in the area and a lack of health awareness of parents and carers, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-53
  • AKROM MIAH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant
  • ASHRAF ALI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher
  • IMADUL ISLAM (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: It Analyst
  • SATI AMINUR RAHMAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Operational Planning Coordinator
  • SHAYNUL KHAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Asst Executive Director
  • SIRAJUL ISLAM Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Housing Manager
  • SHAMSUR RAHMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/04/2009, number: 1129282
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/04/2009, number: 06867755
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 handling
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR10: 33 days late,
Main office

58 Underwood Road
LONDON
E1 5AW

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE;A. TO ESTABLISH A MULTI-USE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE THAT PROVIDES OR ASSISTS IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY AND FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.B. TO ADVANCE FURTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES BY PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE IN TOWER HAMLETS A FITTING YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE TO BE USED BY COMMUNITIES OF LONDON AND FROM ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON AND THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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