BOLTON COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- 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
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- 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
Trustees
- Abdul Samad Mogradiachair
- Sajid Ali
- Salahuddin Patel
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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.