MAKTAB TARIGHAT OVEYSSI SHAHMAGHSOUDI (SCHOOL OF ISLAMIC SUFISM)

Registered charity 1010542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAKTAB TARIGHAT OVEYSSI SHAHMAGHSOUDI, MTO

Weekly webcasts & lectures on Sufism, Koran classes & book reading, Tamarkoz (Meditation) classes, translation classes, Farsi classes, ceremonies & other events, interfaith activities, musical performances, arts and crafts and tuition on traditional Iranian instruments

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE TO ESTABLISH THE TEACHING, PRACTICE AND ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND TENETS OF SUFISM AS PRACTISED BY MTO

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £749,071 at year-end, which the trustees describe as a buffer for operating costs and support for other centres. The charity reported a net income increase of £34,631 for the year, driven by rental income of £60,083 against expenditure of £25,452. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• SEPEEDEH MARYAM DUNDONchair
• Ebrahim Bagherzadeh Darban
• HAMID RAHBARI

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).