CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT

Registered charity 1133825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO ENGAGE IN CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES BOTH NATIONALLY AND ABROAD WITH THE PURPOSE OF ALLEVIATING HUMAN SUFFERING WHETHER IT IS SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION ACCORDING TO THE IDEALS ANDTEACHING OF THE SUFI TRADITION.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREAS OF SPIRITUALDEVELOPMENT, MEDITATION AND THE TEACHING OF THE SUFI SCHOOL OFTHOUGHT3 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THEDIRECTORS (BEING THE TRUSTEES) MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,086,721, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing a strong asset base and cash reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £2.1m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level, which equates to approximately three months unrestricted expenditure.” — 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.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£47k£44k
31/03/2024£11k£25k
31/03/2023£15k£41k
31/03/2022£37k£56k
31/03/2021£143k£100k

Common questions

Is CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,086,721, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing a strong asset base and cash reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT£47k—0unclear—no doubt
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£236k—0above—no doubt
CONTAINS ART CIO FY2025£330kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
SUCCESS TEMPLE FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt
SUTTON CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
FT FINANCIAL LITERACY AND INCLUSION CAMPAIGN FY2025£847kover £80,0001unclear—no doubt

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