Muslim Hands

Registered charity 1105056 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea-bissau, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Libya, Malawi, Mali

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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.

7 trustees on the board

5.7y median 3y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Mohammad Arshad Jamil since 2013

16.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

Sahibzada Shafqat Ahmed Shah since 2025

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 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Professional services 7Education 1Retail and trade 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£33.4m 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.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

115 from 96 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

Dewan-e-Hazoori Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

BBC Media Action Similar size; both Overseas aid
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain Similar size; both Overseas aid
Concern Worldwide (UK) Similar size; both Overseas aid
Worth Abbey Similar size; both Overseas aid
International Health Partners (UK) Limited Similar size; both Overseas aid

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.muslimhands.org.uk
Email	contact@muslimhands.org.uk
Phone	004401159117222
Address	Muslim Hands, 148-164 Gregory Boulevard, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 5JE

Finances

£33,403,369 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£32,458,760	£27,653,563
2021	£37,129,142	£33,469,865
2022	£33,184,153	£35,349,519
2023	£35,127,526	£32,957,641
2024	£33,403,369	£39,405,960

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

3.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THOSE AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS OR BY WARS AND OTHER CONFLICTS, BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING MEDICINES, HOSPITALS, SHELTER AND FOOD;3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST THOSE IN NEED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO ORPHANS; AND3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ISLAMIC FAITH THROUGH EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF INTERRELIGOUS HARMONY THROUGH DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER FAITHS AND TRADITIONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/03/2012

Trustees (7)

7trustees

65median age

1aged 70+

Syed Lakhte Hassanainage band 65-69 Chair
Iftikhar Ahmedage band 35-39 since 2023
Mohammad Arshad Jamilage band 65-69 since 2013
PIR Muhammad Amin-UL-Hasnat Shahage band 70-74
Saffi Ullahage band 55-59
Sahibzada Ghulam Jeelaniage band 65-69
Sahibzada Shafqat Ahmed Shahage band 35-39 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Muslim Hands · 05080486 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/03/2004

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Dewan-e-Hazoori Trust 1 shared trustee

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