AL-NOOR FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1061120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AL-NOOR FOUNDATION, AL-NOOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL LIMITED, ALNOOR MUSLIM PRIMARY SCHOOL

To establish, maintain and conduct a school for the education of boys and girls so as to be an independent school within the meaning of the expression as defined in the Education Act 1944.

Objects

(1) TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND CONDUCT A SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION (AND TRAINING) OF BOYS AND GIRLS SO AS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL WITHIN THE MEANING OF THAT EXPRESSION AS DEFINED IN THE EDUCATION ACT 1944. (11) THE SETTING UP OF READING ROOMS AND LIBRARIES. (111) THE PROVISION OF HELP AND GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £142,683 for the year, driven primarily by depreciation on legacy assets rather than an operating shortfall. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11,274,134, which is above the stated three-month minimum reserves policy, and cash at bank increased to £1,291,424.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Prestons & Jacksons Partnership LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Al-Noor Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £4.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (43% 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: 27.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• IMRAN HAFIZ · trustee of 1 other charity
• IMRAN KHAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MUHAMMED ILYAS MIRZA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Majid Khan
• Muhammad Talha Choudhury
• SADIQ KOTHIA
• ZULFIQAR AHMED · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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