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Registered charity (CIO) · Luton

Organisation of Culture and Character

Organisation of Culture and Character is a registered charity (number 1184503) based in Luton, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Faiz Qureshy since 2025. Latest income £1.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (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, Disability, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.cultureandcharacter.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.5m£743k
  • 2024£1.6m£615k
  • 2023£1.4m£434k
Earlier years
  • 2022£280k£213k
  • 2021£223k£132k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN LUTON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES AND THE PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION.TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN LUTON BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Grants received

6 grants · £147,360 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

5 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.5m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

3
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.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1184503
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Jul 2019
Contact on the register
07399518089 · admin@cultureandcharacter.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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