AFIFAH ACADEMY

Registered charity 1120284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFIFAH HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

Providing a faith-based education for girls and boys in the Manchester area.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF GIRLS, AGED 11-18 YEARS, RESIDING IN GREATER MANCHESTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES, TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: GREATER MANCHESTER

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £233,841 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £633,438. However, the charity holds net current liabilities of £100,736, primarily due to Karze Hasna loans and other creditors falling due within one year. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, noting that the charity is well-placed to manage business risks and has adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Prestons & Jacksons Partnership LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Afifah School (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £700k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ASIF KHAMISAchair
• HAMID MAHOMED CHUNARA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Homayra Timol
• MAHMED HANIF SIDYOT

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Trafford

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGDOM EDUCATION LIMITED.

• KINGDOM EDUCATION LIMITED income £1.7m
• THE ISLAMIC ACADEMY OF MANCHESTER income £145k
• YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM MANCHESTER CHARITY TRUST income £352k
• CRANLEIGH SCHOOL income £38.0m
• CAMBRIDGE MUSLIM COLLEGE income £1.9m
• CHELTENHAM COLLEGE AND CHELTENHAM COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL income £41.7m

Side by side with its peers

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