Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

AMINA BASHIR MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED 

To give awareness of Thalassemia minor & major symptoms, offering blood transfusions and medication. The Trust runs an overseas clinic for treatment of Thalassemia patients short term and long term care. Medical professionals in the UK run awareness programmes. With the help of local GPs we deliver lectures and training to improve understanding of the condition amongst ethnic minority groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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*£67£76£-10n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£42£34£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£34£36£-2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£17£3£15n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£32£10£22n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£27£32£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£19£29£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£15£1£13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years
(17 years as a company)
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Pakistan, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/2015, number: 1161940
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/2007, number: 06134647
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
8 returns made; AR23: 56 days late, AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

77 Glenny Road
BARKING
Essex
IG11 8QG

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THALASSEMIA INCLUDING ITS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY WHO ARE AT GREATER RISK OF INHERITING THE DISEASE;2. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THALASSEMIA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING CLINICS TO SCREEN FOR THE DISEASE AND THE TREATMENT OF POOR FAMILIES WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THE COSTS OF TREATMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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