ASHIANA COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1060789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHIANA CP

ACP is based in the heart of Sparkbrook and was established by local residents in 1996 as a community resource offering inclusive services to all local people. We aim to improve the quality of life for people in Sparkbrook by creating opportunities for improvements to their social, physical, and economic well being, and supporting them to meet their needs and aspirations.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SPARKBROOK AND SUCH OTHER AREAS OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE WEST MIDLANDS AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF ABILITY, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, GENDER,GENDER ORIENTATION, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION AND FOR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(2) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY FACILITY AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.(3) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £275,549 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,572,967 to £1,297,418. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £697,418 are held, which meets the stated policy target of three months of outgoing resources plus redundancy liabilities. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were inaccurate or non-compliant.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 29/08/2024, 30 days after the 30/07/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• NAEEM QURESHIchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marianne Salmon
• PARWEZ HUSSAIN BENG
• Urmilla Patel

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

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