Registered charity · Manchester
The Open School for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Osais)
- 10 trustees
- Income £46k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Abdul Hamid MullaTrustee · since 2025
- Ammar Yasir RahmanTrustee · since 2021
- Anbareen TanwirTrustee · since 2021
- Arifa BegumTrustee · since 2013
- Dr Hassan AwanTrustee · since 2015
- DR Mohammed MustafaTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Shila BegumTrustee · since 2020
- Hafsa KhatunTrustee · since 2020
- Rabina ChowdhuryTrustee · since 2014
- Yahya GogaTrustee · since 2013
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, Religious Activities
- Where
- Manchester City
- Linked company
- The Open School for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Osais)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£46k£54k
- 2024£49k£55k
- 2023£54k£47k
Earlier years
- 2022£37k£41k
- 2021£66k£40k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BYA) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A BUILDING USED FOR ISLAMIC WORSHIP;B) ENGAGING IN INTER-FAITH ACTIVITIES,ANDC) PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PROVISION OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN MANCHESTER UK.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Arifa Begum since 2013
- Abdul Hamid Mulla since 2025
- Ammar Yasir Rahman since 2021
- Anbareen Tanwir since 2021
- DR Mohammed Mustafa since 2018
- Dr Hassan Awan since 2015
- Dr Shila Begum since 2020
- Hafsa Khatun since 2020
- Rabina Chowdhury since 2014
- Yahya Goga since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Arifa Begum since 2013
- DR Mohammed Mustafa since 2018
- Dr Hassan Awan since 2015
- Rabina Chowdhury since 2014
- Yahya Goga since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Arifa Begum since 2013
- Abdul Hamid Mulla since 2025
- Anbareen Tanwir since 2021
- DR Mohammed Mustafa since 2018
- Dr Hassan Awan since 2015
- Dr Shila Begum since 2020
- Hafsa Khatun since 2020
- Rabina Chowdhury since 2014
- Yahya Goga since 2013
Portfolio (1)
- Ammar Yasir Rahman since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1154279
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 MAR 2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 27/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/07/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 07546809 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07934500569 · theopenschool@hotmail.com
- 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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