MA CENTRE UK

Registered charity 1133537 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our charityÔÇÖs purposes as set out in the objects contained in the companyÔÇÖs articles of association.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£249k

Latest spending

£285k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,026,262, which is above the trustees' stated ideal target of £150,000. The trustees confirm that adequate funds are available to finance activities for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £150,000 (held: £1.0m)

“The Trustees consider that the ideal level of reserves as at 31 March 2025 would be £150,000.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£708k

Total spending

£240k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ARUN VARMA
David Samuel Mousley
KAMAL CLARE
KAY SHEILA FENNELL
LEENA PRASAD
MILAN VELASEVIC
Mahathevan Sriharan
Renuka Sadanandan
Sandeep Narayan Panicker
Yamunah Sasithara Vakees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£249k	£285k
31/03/2024	£708k	£240k
31/03/2023	£122k	£175k
31/03/2022	£198k	£79k
31/03/2021	£83k	£34k

Common questions

Is MA CENTRE UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,026,262, which is above the trustees' stated ideal target of £150,000. The trustees confirm that adequate funds are available to finance activities for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
HARVEST COMMUNITY NETWORK	1	£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST.

AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST income £161k
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k
ORDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY OUR LADY CIO income £424k
THE GOSPEL CENTRE income £136k
THE CENTRE FOR GLOBAL STUDIES income £95k
VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MA CENTRE UK	£249k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST FY2024	£161k	—	within	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt
ORDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY OUR LADY CIO FY2025	£424k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GOSPEL CENTRE FY2025	£136k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CENTRE FOR GLOBAL STUDIES FY2025	£95k	—	below	—	noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.