THE UNHEARD VOICES TRUST

Registered charity 1097339 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has created scholars based on merits regardless of their social economic conditions.The charity has joined hands with institutions abroad to finance their activity with regular donations, where financial constraints does not stop development for the poor.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£776k

Latest spending

£290k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,888,493, representing a net surplus for the year of £959,613 driven largely by a one-off donation of £835,000 used to repay a bank loan. The charity reports no employees and relies on investment property income to fund its grants programme, with the trustees confirming no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (73% of income)

“Donation income 835,000” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Joint ownership of investment property with Head Trustee's pension fund; charity owes £7,994 to the pension fund for its share of net rental income/expenses.

“Included within Note 13, Other Creditors is a sum of £ 7,994 (2023: £10,361) owed to a pension fund of which the Head Trustee Mukarram Sattar is a member. This balance owed arises as the charity and the pension fund jointly own a pro rata interest in an investment property.” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Arif Malida Chartered Accountants. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2023) → no going-concern doubt (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£776k

Total spending

£290k

Cost of raising funds

£200k

Reserves (reported)

£690k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~28.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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: 25.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BRIAN WHITE · trustee of 6 other charities
JOHN SUNGITSA · trustee of 1 other charity
MUKARRAM SATTAR · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Canada · Czech Republic · India · Pakistan · Throughout London · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£776k	£290k
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£190k
31/03/2023	£322k	£189k
31/03/2022	£273k	£140k
31/03/2021	£281k	£145k

Common questions

Is THE UNHEARD VOICES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,888,493, representing a net surplus for the year of £959,613 driven largely by a one-off donation of £835,000 used to repay a bank loan. The charity reports no employees and relies on investment property income to fund its grants programme, with the trustees confirming no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Arif Malida Chartered Accountants.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL	2	£48k
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
HOLMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£202k
JEG TRUST LIMITED	1	£25k
POSSUK LIMITED	1	£20k
YBP LIMITED	1	£15k
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£13k
THE LONDON BOARD FOR SHECHITA	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED.

THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED income £322k
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £4.1m
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST income £124k
VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST income £759k
OPEN DOOR SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.9m
As-Siraj Trust income £807k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE UNHEARD VOICES TRUST	£776k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£322k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.1m	£90,001 - £100,000	2	above	—	no doubt
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£124k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£759k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OPEN DOOR SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.