THE KHAYAAL THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1100005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of producing theatre, storytelling, film and theatre-in-education programmes inspired by Muslim and interfaith literature, culture, art, heritage and contemporary experience.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:(I) ALL ASPECTS OF DRAMATIC ART INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, DANCE AND PAINTING;(II) THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF ART BY THE PROVISION OF A THEATRE AND THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES;(III) THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF ISLAMIC ART, CULTURE AND LITERATURE;(IV) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND SERVICES;(V) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(VI) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £49,738 for the year ended 31 July 2025, increasing its total net assets to £138,632. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds of £131,849 are sufficient to support activities and that the going concern basis remains appropriate due to continued donor support.

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
• 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
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• FAHIM QURESHIchair
• Ayesha Gul Mian
• Galib Virani

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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