Friends for YOU

Registered charity 1159911 Registered since 2015

Operates: Bolton, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Manchester City, Turkey

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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

Imtiyaz Kola Chair since 2014
Iqbal Kola since 2014
Karim Khan since 2014
Mohseen ALI since 2024
Mustaq Munshi since 2014
Sakilbabu Kola since 2014
Siraj Chanchwelia since 2014

10.6y median 12y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Imtiyaz Kola Chair since 2014
Iqbal Kola since 2014
Karim Khan since 2014
Mustaq Munshi since 2014
Sakilbabu Kola since 2014
Siraj Chanchwelia since 2014

10.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Imtiyaz Kola Chair since 2014
Iqbal Kola since 2014
Karim Khan since 2014
Mohseen ALI since 2024
Mustaq Munshi since 2014
Sakilbabu Kola since 2014
Siraj Chanchwelia since 2014

company-linked trustees

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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incomespending£620k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

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

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.

Also active in the same field

Advice for Renters Limited Similar size; both Housing
Community Impact Bucks Similar size; both Housing
Rochdale Connections Trust Similar size; both Housing
Alulbayt Foundation Similar size; both Housing
West Lancashire Women's Refuge Limited Similar size; both Housing
Raise Limited Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.friendsforyou.org.uk
Email	INFO@FRIENDSFORYOU.ORG.UK
Phone	07966909150
Address	Unit B, Unity House, Fletcher Street, BOLTON, BL3 6NE

Finances

£620,370 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£335,511	£147,603
2022	£347,130	£226,487
2023	£389,245	£447,004
2024	£417,229	£352,904
2025	£620,370	£448,328

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN PARTS OF INDIA BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS OR COMMUNITIES TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 09 JUL 2014AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 10/01/2015

Trustees (7)

7trustees

0aged 70+

Imtiyaz Kola Chair since 2014
Iqbal Kola since 2014
Karim Khan since 2014
Mohseen ALI since 2024
Mustaq Munshi since 2014
Sakilbabu Kola since 2014
Siraj Chanchwelia since 2014

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