OSMANI TRUST
Registered charity 1129282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OSMANI DEVELOPMENT TRUST, OT, ODT
The Osmani Trust is a youth and community organisation operating in the East of London. It offers a range of services for young people and the community at large. These can be grouped into the following themes: education, training and employment; gang mediation, conflict resolution and community safety; health and sports; and generic youth club and holiday provisions.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state a net surplus of £211,323 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £999,260. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £452,530, which the trustees confirm are in surplus of their stated policy target of three months of operational costs (approximately £215,000). The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of operational costs (held: £453k)
“Therefore, the minimum target for reserves is equivalent to 3 months of operational costs, which is approximately £215,000.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Abacus Partners (Ldn) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Osmani Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Harun R. Khan — Chief Executive/CEO (source)
- John Brown — Director-level (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- ALI, Ashraf — director, appointed 09/05/2023on trustee list
- RAHMAN, Shamsur — director, appointed 09/05/2023on trustee list
- ISLAM, Imadul — director, appointed 25/06/2011on trustee list
- ISLAM, Sirajul — director, appointed 25/06/2011on trustee list
- KHAN, Shaynul — director, appointed 25/06/2011on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£143
Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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).
- IMADUL ISLAMchair
- Akrom Miah
- Ashraf Ali
- SATI AMINUR RAHMAN
- SHAYNUL KHAN
- SIRAJUL ISLAM
- Shamsur Rahman
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Newham · Tower Hamlets
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OSMANI TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a net surplus of £211,323 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £999,260. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £452,530, which the trustees confirm are in surplus of their stated policy target of three months of operational costs (approximately £215,000). The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Abacus Partners (Ldn) LLP.
Who funds OSMANI TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OSMANI TRUST as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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