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Muslim Charity Helping the Needy

Registered charity 1078488 Registered since 1999

Operates: Bangladesh, India, Lebanon, Burma, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Cameroon

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

15y median 15y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 6Health and social care 5Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.6 in 2020

22 from 11 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.muslimcharity.org.uk
Emailinfo@muslimcharity.org.uk
Phone02071004930
AddressEATON HALL, RETFORD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, DN22 0PR

Finances

£8,135,952 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,651,983£4,560,781
2022£7,538,782£6,017,890
2023£7,156,218£6,875,619
2024£7,088,296£7,153,979
2025£8,135,952£7,867,373

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONGST PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD [INCLUDING STARVATION, SICKNESS OR ANY PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR AFFLICTION] PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WHEN ARISING FROM ANY PUBLIC CALAMITY [INCLUDING FAMINE, EARTHQUAKE, PESTILENCE, WAR OR CIVIL DISTURBANCE2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR [BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ] THE TEACHING OF ISLAMIC STUDIES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/10/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/11/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/10/2010AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/11/2010 as amended on 15 Feb 2019 as amended on 30 Jul 2023

Trustees (5)

5trustees
66median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Muslim Charity : Helping the Needy · 03867865 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/10/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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