BOSNIAN CULTURAL CENTRE - MIDLANDS

Registered charity 1118585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOSNIAN CULTURE CENTRE MIDLANDS

Bosnian Cultural Centre Midlands is seeking to provide support for the disadvantaged Bosnian community by promoting education and training, advocacy, and research, so as to further health and poverty relief, and to alleviate social exclusion, distress and sickness.

Objects

1 TO RELIEVE PEOPLE FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN THE MIDLANDS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AND FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR OTHER NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCESII TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF SUCH PEOPLE MENTIONED ABOVEIII TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SUCH PEOPLE MENTIONED ABOVEIV TO ADVANCE AND PRESERVE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION AND DOCTRINES WITHIN THE BOSNIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND TO DEVELOP STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOSNIAN AND NON-BOSNIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS HARMONY

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £354,663 to £360,013 during the year, resulting in a net income of £5,350. The trustees confirm that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies
“Donations and legacies 3 37,476” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between three and six month's expenditure (held: £360k)
“it is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£37k£32k
31/01/2024£61k£63k
31/01/2023£39k£24k
31/01/2022£53k£21k
31/01/2021£50k£31k

Common questions

Is BOSNIAN CULTURAL CENTRE - MIDLANDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £354,663 to £360,013 during the year, resulting in a net income of £5,350. The trustees confirm that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/09/2007£50k"Britain, my new home (Stories of Bosnian survivors)"
The National Lottery Community Fund10/11/2006£9kBosnian Ethnic Songs Workshops
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/09/2005£24k"First Bosnians in the UK"