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Registered charity · No. 1201607 · London

Sohbet Society

iSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 8 November 2026.Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle data
Income
£210k
▲ 50.2% on 2024
Expenditure
£208k
▲ 93.6% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Reserves last
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
3
2.8 years on average
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
25
▲ 10 volunteers on 2024
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Overview

Sohbet Society's network

3 people6 organisationsi3 listed on the board. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Sohbet Society. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.

The board

3 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Mustafa BalciTrustee2021
5 yrs
Serkan UstundagTrustee2025
1 yr
Temel BagdatTrustee2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Board

The board

3 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Mustafa BalciTrustee2021
5 yrs
Serkan UstundagTrustee2025
1 yr
Temel BagdatTrustee2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Yusuf Kar (2019-2025). Full officer list

Who is on the board

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
2.3y
median 1y
Longest tenure
5y
since 2021
Over 6 years
0
of 3 on the board
Years in governance
2.9y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
3
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
2
of 3 on the board

3 trustees on the board

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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

General Charitable Purposes 3Human Rights/religious or Racial Harmony/equality or Diversity 3Religious Activities 3

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

Education 3Hospitality 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast

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Network

Network

iThe large node is Sohbet Society. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.

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Finances

3 financial years held, 2023 to 2025, years ending 31 December.

Income and expenditure

3 years · years end 31 DecemberiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown: Totals
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k202520242023£210.33k

Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Sohbet Society has not filed them in the years we hold, so only the totals and government income are shown.

Income and expenditure by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year202320242025
Totals
Total income£89.38k£140.05k£210.33k
Total expenditure£79.80k£107.25k£207.61k
Government income
Government contractsNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Government grantsNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Definitions
Total income
Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
Total expenditure
Everything the charity spent in the year.
Government contracts
Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
Government grants
Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
Donations and legacies
Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
Legacies
Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
Charitable activities (income)
Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
Other trading activities
Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
Investments
Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
Endowments
New endowment funds received in the year.
Charitable activities (expenditure)
Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
Raising funds
The cost of fundraising and trading.
Grants to institutions
Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
Governance
The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
Investment management
The cost of managing the charity's investments.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 8 November 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Assets, liabilities and funds

Detailed income, expenditure and assets are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Sohbet Society has not filed them in the years we hold, so there is no balance sheet to show.

Accounts and annual returns

Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.

Reporting up to date

Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 3 years.

The Charity Commission register said “Charity reporting is up to date (on time)” when we last checked, on 3 November 2026.

Annual returns and accounts by financial year, newest first
Year endingDue byAnnual returnAccountsStatusDocuments
31 December 202531 October 202628 October 202628 October 2026On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission, PDFAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 December 202431 October 202530 October 202530 October 2025On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission, PDFAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 December 202331 October 202425 October 202425 October 2024On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission, PDFAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF

Accounts filed at Companies House

Company 11613566 has made 7 accounts filings since 2020. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.

Accounts filed at Companies House, newest first
Made up toFiled onTypeDocument
31 December 202530 September 2026Micro entity accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)3 pages
31 December 202429 September 2025Micro entity accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)3 pages
31 December 202330 September 2024Micro entity accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)3 pages
31 December 202212 October 2023Micro entity accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)3 pages
31 October 202110 February 2022Micro entity accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)3 pages
31 October 202029 July 2021Micro entity accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)3 pages
31 October 20198 October 2020Micro entity accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)3 pages
Definitions
Annual return
The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
Accounts
The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
On time
Received on or before the due date.
Late
Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
Overdue
Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
Qualified accounts
The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 15 November 2026.

Grants

Funding received

2 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 14 January 2025 to 17 September 2026.
Total from published grants
£25k
£25,180
Grants
2
published to 360Giving
Funders
2
distinct funders
Latest grant
Sep 2026
17 September 2026

By year

iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.

Funders

2 funders
FunderGrantsTotalYears
The National Lottery Community Fund1£18,0002026
Sport England1£7,1802025

Grants

newest first
DateFunderTitleAmount
17 September 2026The National Lottery Community FundGood Neighbor Enfield£18,000
14 January 2025Sport EnglandEmpowering Girls Through Sports£7,180

Who published this data

Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.

About

Purposes and governing document

Register page (opens in a new tab)

Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM BY FOLLOWING THE HOLY QURAN AND TEACHING OF PROPHETS AND THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCING AND OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON ISLAM TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

What it does

  • General charitable purposes
  • Religious activities
  • Human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity

Who it helps

  • The general public/mankind

How it helps

  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
Throughout England and Wales
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09 OCT 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 JAN 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 JAN 2023 as filed
Register history
  • 16 January 2023Registered

Policies the charity says it has

  • Risk management
  • Investment
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Conflicting interests
  • Volunteer management
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Governing documents at Companies House

  • 5 January 2023Memorandum and articles
  • 21 December 2022Resolution
  • 13 January 2022Resolution
  • 2 December 2021Memorandum and articles
  • 9 October 2018Incorporation documents

Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.

About

Website
sohbetsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sohbet Society
Registered
2023

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