Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -12 ?

AHL AL-BAIT SOCIETY

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/08/17 31/08/18 31/08/19 31/08/20 31/08/21 31/08/22 31/08/23
Total income £113,644 £25,489 £24,040 £53,594 £120,138 £122,642 £18,449
Total spending £84,671 £48,333 £30,781 £49,898 £132,073 £81,095 £32,003
Surplus/deficit £28,973 -£22,844 -£6,741 £3,696 -£11,935 £41,547 -£13,554
Established: 14 years
(28 years as a company)
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 61-72
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 08/06/2010, number: SC025046
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/08/1996, number: SC167651
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR19: 77 days late, AR18: 132 days late, AR17: 65 days late,
Main office

25 Woodside Place, Glasgow, G3 7RD

Objectives

3.1 The Company's objects are to advance the education of the public in the study of Arabic language, history, literature and drama by means of: 3.1.1 promoting and supporting fellowships, scholarships, conferences, seminars, study tours and similar programmes. 3.1.2 publishing and promoting books, journals, periodicals, magazines, newspapers and other literature and provide facilities for one or more libraries and reading rooms. 3.1.3 establishing and supporting schools and cultural centres for the benefit of the community. and 3.1.4 providing residential accommodation for students and teachers engaged in carrying out the purposes of the Company.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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