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Turkish Students Welfare Charity

Turkish Students Welfare Charity is a registered charity (number 274732) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Professor Abdulbari Bener since 1978. Latest income £97k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £97k (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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
info@turkyar.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£97k£67k
  • 2024£119k£69k
  • 2023£98k£71k
Earlier years
  • 2022£254k£62k
  • 2021£37k£40k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG TURKISH STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (B) TO PROMOTE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG TURISH STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (C) TO PROMOTE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM AMONG TURKISH STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (D) TO PROVIDE HOSTELS FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF TURKISH STUDENTS IN NECESSITIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (E) TO ORGANISE CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS. (F) TO CARRY OUT SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF RELIGION OF ISLAM AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY DEED EXECUTED WITH THEIR UNANIMOUS CONSENT DECLARE.

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

6.6y median 1y
average tenure
48y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 9Religious Activities 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£119k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
274732
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 17TH JULY 1978
Contact on the register
+447939204366 · abener99@yahoo.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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