BAZME CHISTIYA

Registered charity 1042231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. Worship as a duty within Islam. This branch is inside the remit of Islamic belief.2. Spiritual training of lifes key skills through traditional meditation and chanting using sub-asian cultural methods such as singing.3. Revering the saints of the Chistiya order amongst other popular sufi orders.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND TEACHING OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH AS PRACTICED BY THE SUNNI MUSLIM SECT IN BLACKBURN FOLLOWING THE TEACHINGS OF HAKIM CHOTUMIYA HANSOTWALA AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND NEED AMONG MEMBERS OF THE SECT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: BLACKBURN AND ITS ENVIRONS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £43,766 in gross income against payments of £61,200, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The trustees report that hall hire uptake was subdued and that the charity continues to receive member donation income to uphold its activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Community hall use (Inc deposits) (60% of income)
“Community hall use (Inc deposits) 26,351” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£44k£61k
31/12/2024£76k£46k
31/12/2023£50k£39k
31/12/2022£50k£56k
31/12/2021£86k£61k

Common questions

Is BAZME CHISTIYA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £43,766 in gross income against payments of £61,200, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The trustees report that hall hire uptake was subdued and that the charity continues to receive member donation income to uphold its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2024£12kReplace aging and damaged community centre seating and tables.