BOLTON COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1121996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the religion of Islam, to educate Muslims, to relieve Muslims in need, hardship or distress, to provide leisure facilities, and to promote good community race relations between persons of different racial and faith groups generally and particular between racial groups professing the Muslim faith and all other inhabitants of the Hulton ward and the neighbouring areas

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL AND PRAYER FACILITY AND SUCH ANCILLARY BUILDINGS AS THOUGHT NECESSARY AND MANAGE THE SAME FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE TRUST IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS. TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUNNI, HANAFI AND DEOBANDI ETHOS.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MUSLIM CHILDREN AND ADULTS. TO RELIEVE MUSLIMS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, AND TO PROVIDE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME FACILITIES AND TO ORGANISE AND MANAGE SUPPORT FACILITIES, IE, TO PROMOTE GOOD COMMUNITY RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL AND FAITH GROUPS GENERALLY AND PARTICULARY BETWEEN RACIAL GROUPS PROFESSING THE MUSLIM FAITH AND ALL OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE SAID AREA.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE BOLTON, LANCASHIRE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£231k
Latest spending
£67k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £164,664 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by incoming resources of £231,290 against charitable expenditure of £66,626. Per the trustees' report, the charity completed a major redevelopment of its premises, resulting in the write-off of the old building's value and the capitalization of new asset costs. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £316,189 at year-end, with no stated reserves policy target disclosed in the filing.

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 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£231k£67k
31/03/2024£143k£73k
31/03/2023£131k£84k
31/03/2022£113k£73k
31/03/2021£101k£51k

Common questions

Is BOLTON COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £164,664 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by incoming resources of £231,290 against charitable expenditure of £66,626. Per the trustees' report, the charity completed a major redevelopment of its premises, resulting in the write-off of the old building's value and the capitalization of new asset costs. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £316,189 at year-end, with no stated reserves policy target disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.