CRESCENT LEARNING CENTRE (MAKKI MASJID TRUST)

Registered charity 1129470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

"TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS FROM ETHNICMINORITIES RESIDENT IN BURTON ON TRENT & SURROUNDING AREAS, INPARTICULAR BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, PROMOTION OF HEALTH, PROVISION ANDADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONIN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PERSONS."

Objects

"TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS FROM ETHNICMINORITIES RESIDENT IN BURTON UPON TRENT AND SURROUNDING AREAS, INPARTICULAR BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, PROMOTION OF HEALTH, PROVISION ANDADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAND OTHER LEISURE- TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITHTHE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PERSONS."

Area of benefit: BURTON UPON TRENT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £109,334 for the year, with total funds increasing to £1,405,918. However, the trustees note that the majority of unrestricted funds are not readily available for general use as they are invested in property, and they monitor liquidity carefully against ongoing commitments.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~34.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 49.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jamil Ahmed
• MAHMOOD GHODAWALA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Muhammad Sayed
• RASHID ABOOJEE

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK).

• HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) income £3.1m
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• CAMBOURNE CRESCENT income £187k
• JAMIAT AHL HADITH (BURTON UPON TRENT BRANCH) income £177k
• AL-MUSTAFA COMMUNITY TRUST income £129k
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Side by side with its peers

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