LUTON COUNCIL OF FAITHS

Registered charity 1089850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Who We Are?We are a voluntary body of the Luton constituents from different faiths and cultures. What Do We Do?Together we endeavour reaching out to communities to promote understanding and harmony. How Do We Do?We do this through activities, projects, conferences, social & cultural events. Why We Do it?To promote integration & cohesion by celebrating our differences.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION OF ALL DENOMINATIONS AND CREEDS; (B) TO WORK TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, AND GOOD RELATIONS, BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £947 for the year ended 31 March 2026, compared to a deficit of £447 in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £43,785, which the trustees consider more than adequate against their policy target of six months' average expenditure. The charity holds no tangible fixed assets and relies on incoming resources from grants and donations to fund its activities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ZAFAR KHANchair
• GULIE BUTCHER
• Thakor Morarji
• Ulrike Hunt
• Yogesh Kumar Mistry

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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