Registered charity · Preston
Thesunniway
Thesunniway is a registered charity (number 1155375) based in Preston, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Zahid Hussain Patel since 2013. Latest income £194k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £194k (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, Religious Activities
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.thesunniway.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£194k£173k
- 2024£159k£202k
- 2023£154k£142k
Earlier years
- 2022£260k£47k
- 2021£44k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ISLAM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF THE SUNNI SECT OF ISLAM (AHLE SUNNAT WA-AL JAMAAT) UNDER THE BERELVI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT AND GUIDELINES OF IMAM AHMED RAZA KHAN RADIA TA’ALA ANHU (MASLAK E AALA HADHRAT RADIA TA’ALA ANHU) IN ALL AFFAIRS (ASOOL O FROE), BY SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.2. THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF TALKS AND COURSES.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Zahid Hussain Patel Chair since 2013
- Hamidraza Isa since 2022
- Nazra Hussain since 2022
- Shakil Salim Mohammed since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Zahid Hussain Patel Chair since 2013
- Shakil Salim Mohammed since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Zahid Hussain Patel Chair since 2013
- Hamidraza Isa since 2022
- Nazra Hussain since 2022
- Shakil Salim Mohammed since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1155375
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 JAN 2013AS AMENDED ON 19/11/2013
- Contact on the register
- 01772396766 · contact@thesunniway.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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