Registered charity (CIO) · Keighley
Arooj
Arooj is a registered charity (number 1140337) based in Keighley, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Nazia Ahmed since 2012. Latest income £55k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £55k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 7 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£55k£69k
- 2024£50k£49k
- 2023£54k£61k
Earlier years
- 2022£67k£66k
- 2021£59k£54k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH ALL SOCIALLY EXCLUDED GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTH WEST, INCLUDING WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARTICULARLY BLACK, ASIAN & MINORITY ETHNIC (BAME) WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, BELIEF OR CREED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:(I) PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF BAME COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY; (II) INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF BAME COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY;(III) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL REGENERATION THROUGH EQUALITY ACCESS TOWARDS TRAINING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BAME COMMUNITIES THROUGH SUPPORTING LOCALLY BASE, VOLUNTARY SECTOR COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH STATUTORY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR SERVICE PROVIDERS; (IV) TO PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING, VOLUNTARY SECTOR SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM FOR ALL THOSE MAINTAINING AN INTEREST IN SOCIAL REGENERATION AND POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF ALL MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO BAME COMMUNITIES;(V) TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;4. IN CARRYING OUT ITS OBJECTS, THE COMPANY SHALL PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY ANDOPPOSE ANY FORM OF DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN, GENDER, SEXUAL ,ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY OR RELIGION.
Grants received
3 grants · £54,950 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £40,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £14,950 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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
- Nazia Ahmed Chair since 2012
- Mohammed Iftakhar since 2012
- Shahzad Afzal since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Nazia Ahmed Chair since 2012
- Mohammed Iftakhar since 2012
- Shahzad Afzal since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Nazia Ahmed Chair since 2012
- Mohammed Iftakhar since 2012
- Shahzad Afzal since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1140337
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 09 NOV 2018 as amended on 07 Dec 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01282219594
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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