AL -ISHARAH

Registered charity 1126533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting services and access for Deaf Muslim children and adults.Supporting life skills classesUmrah tripsHajj TripsEmployment services and career adviceCitizenshipMarriage serviceQuran translation BSL projectIslamic Studies classes children/adults

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE NEED AMONGST AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DEAF PEOPLE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO ENABLE SUCH DEAF PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE SKILLS THE POSSSESSION OF WHICH WILL ASSIST THEM TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR OTHERWISE BECOME SELF SUPPORTING (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF DEAF PEOPLE PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO SUCH NEEDS AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £15,705 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £563,941. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted funds are in a deficit position of £264,022, while restricted funds show a surplus of £967,412. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 29/02/2024, 29 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Al-Isharah (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Altaf Ismail
• Ilyaas Cader
• Mahfuj Ahmed
• Merajur Rahman Chowdhury

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Pakistan · Saudi Arabia · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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