PAKISTAN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1105991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC

The management committee provide this state-of-the-art community resource to promote the physical, social, cultural and economic betterment of local community.Activities provided particularly for ladies and elderly to promote social inclusion. Venue available for hire for social and cultural events.

Objects

TO RELIEVE MEMBERS OF THE PAKISTANI COMMUNITY IN READING OF THE EFFECTS OF POVERTYTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF READING IN THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, MUSIC, LANGUAGES, LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF PAKISTAN.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PAKISTANI COMMUNITY IN READING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, HISTORY, ART, MUSIC AND CULTURETO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF READING, AND IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE PAKISTAN COMMUNITY IN READING, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: READING

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net profit of £12,206 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its closing reserves to £37,221. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention suggesting the accounts failed to meet regulatory requirements. The charity maintains a cash balance of £43,908 against current creditors of £7,199.

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 4 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
• 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kamal Ahmed Saleemchair
• AMJAD TARAR
• ASGHAR KHAN
• Alif Din
• Azam Janjua
• Barkat Ali · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLLR TONY JONES
• Chaudhry Waseem
• EJAZ ELAHI
• Fuad Waheed
• GUL FARAZ KHAN
• Habib Rashid
• Imran Ghafoor
• Mehmuda Khatoon Abdulla
• Mian Saleem
• Mohammed Latif
• Muhammad Iftikhar
• Raheela Iqbal
• Rizwana Bhatti
• Tanveer Bhatti

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

Operates in: Reading · Wokingham

Income and spending

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