FORWARD THINKING

Registered charity 1105206 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

An independent and non-denominational charity, addresses the social isolation of Muslim communities in Britain. Over the past year, the Middle East Programme has sought to engage in and promote an inclusive dialogue with a variety of Israeli and Palestinian actors, as well as with opinion-shapers and key figures in neighbouring and EU countries.

Causes: Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £451,655, maintaining a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure as per the charity's reserves policy. The charity reported a net income surplus of £268,161 for the year, with total income of £966,339 against charitable expenditure of £698,178. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Forward Thinking (matched by registered charity number).

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

• Visit: Mr Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 21/09/2018 · New York · ref V0400121
  To attend a conference of the Helsinki dialogue process in the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (59% 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

• WILLIAM MATTHEW TIMOTHY SIEGHARTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Paul Bake
• Dympna May
• Francis Campbell
• Jeremy Quentin Greenstock
• Laurence Justin Dowley · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL HOLLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR CHRIS DONNELLY
• Professor Cav. Simon David Mordant AO
• Samuel George William Holland

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

Operates in: Egypt · Finland · Israel · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Throughout England And Wales · Tunisia · Turkey

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.