RESTLESS BEINGS

Registered charity 1135134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention or relief of poverty (or financial hardship) anywhere in the world by providing or assisting in the education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to be self-sufficient. Restless Beings seeks to promote human rights throughout the world through advocacy and training.To generate community support to local stakeholders.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE AND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT.THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATION) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY:A) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.B) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES:

Area of benefit: THE WORLD

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · 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 total unrestricted reserves stood at £300,976, with £168,000 held in cash at bank. The charity reported a net income of £316,000 against total expenditure of £296,100, resulting in a surplus for the period. The trustees report that systems are in place to manage identified risks and that the charity is 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 3 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 handling
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2024 (received 30/07/2025, 60 days after the 31/05/2025 due date); year ending 31/07/2023 (received 04/07/2024, 34 days after the 31/05/2024 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 30.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mahmuna Hasnathchair
• Dilraj Singh Tiwana
• Shakir Ahmed

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · India · Indonesia · Malaysia · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Sudan · Tanzania · Throughout England · Turkey

Income and spending

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• RESTART LIVES income £315k
• BEYOND LIMITS income £193k
• AID THE NEEDY income £104k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• HOMELESS IN TEIGNBRIDGE SUPPORT income £88k
• BELZ RELIEF LIMITED income £65k

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