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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

Jafaria Society

Jafaria Society is a registered charity (number 1163212) based in Newcastle upon Tyne, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £20k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)
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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, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside
Linked company
Jafaria Society
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20k£9k
  • 2024£26k£5k
  • 2023£56k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2022£7k£4k
  • 2021£11k£2k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 94%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE NORTH EAST REGION OF ENGLAND (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A DROP IN CENTRE TO PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE ADAPTION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY,WITH THE OBJECTS OF:-1.PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH;2.ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING; 3.RELIEVING THEM FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT; 4.PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OFSOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH,AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;AND5.ADVANCING THE SHEIA ISLAMIC FAITH.

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.

9 trustees on the board

12.7y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9Religious Activities 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 9Retail and trade 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£20k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1163212
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/03/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/06/2015
Companies House
Company number 08453082 · Active
Contact on the register
07947154289 · jafariasociety@yahoo.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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