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AHLULBAYT CULTURAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1122476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide religious education, Festive and Other Religious Activities, Financial Assistance for the needy/poor/orphons/handicaps and Collection of funds to meet these special projects in and outside the community within UK or Overseas.

Objects

ORGANISATION IS ESTABLISHED TO BENEFIT PEOPLE IN LEEDS IN ORDER TO:-ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE AHLULBAYT AND THE TWELVE IMAMS.PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.RELIEVE POVERTY.FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: LEEDS

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income
£73k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £54,918 from £67,953 in the prior year, following a net expenditure of £13,035. The trustees consider that current levels of reserves are sufficient to maintain activities and mitigate risks, noting that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to major risks. The charity received total income of £72,502 against total spending of £85,537 for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to maintain the level of activities and facilities (held: £55k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be kept at a level sufficient to maintain the level of activities and facilities.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity operates from 35 Hanover Square, Leeds which is a property owned and controlled by the family of S.Ali, the use of this property has been on a rent-free, no obligation basis.
“Related party transactions The charity operates from 35 Hanover Square, Leeds which is a property owned and controlled by the family of S.Ali, the use of this property has been on a rent-free, no obligation basis.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Iraq · Lebanon · Pakistan · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£73k£86k
31/12/2023£89k£106k
31/12/2022£64k£52k
31/12/2021£38k£23k
31/12/2020£97k£86k

Common questions

Is AHLULBAYT CULTURAL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £54,918 from £67,953 in the prior year, following a net expenditure of £13,035. The trustees consider that current levels of reserves are sufficient to maintain activities and mitigate risks, noting that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to major risks. The charity received total income of £72,502 against total spending of £85,537 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.