Muslim Research and Development Foundation

Registered charity 1119977 Registered since 2007

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland

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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.

3 trustees on the board

0y median 0y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

13.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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 3General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 3

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 2

Gaps to watch

Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£989k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

11 from 5 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.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.mrdf.co.uk
Email	enquiries@mrdf.co.uk
Phone	02032460072
Address	56 GREENFIELD ROAD, LONDON, E1 1EJ

Finances

£990,165 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£711,950	£686,658
2022	£914,559	£921,259
2023	£876,316	£879,905
2024	£989,442	£991,680
2025	£990,165	£1,001,190

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

3. THE COMPANIES OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE AS FOLLOWS:A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MUSLIMS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY DEVELOPING THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND THEIR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT; ANDB. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO ISLAMIC SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS FACED BY MUSLIM COMMUNITIES AND THE GENERAL POPULATION IN THE UK AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 JUNE 2007..

Trustees (3)

3trustees

53median age

0aged 70+

Farid Haibatanage band 55-59 Chair
Arfan Hussain Mr since 2026
Yunus Abdullah Patelage band 45-49

Linked company (Companies House)

Muslim Research and Development Foundation · 05567478 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/09/2005

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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