KASHMIR DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD

Registered charity 1143891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KASHMIR DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Kashmir Development Foundation (KDF) is a dynamic charity and social enterprise working for community development and empowering the voices of underrepresented people and communities in the United Kingdom and within all the regions of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. KDF mobilises resources to alleviate poverty, advance education, take climate action, and promote sustainable development.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A)TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. (B)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR(C)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement of funds of £19,538 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in net assets of £43,722. The directors confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. The charity is exempt from audit under small company provisions.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05664890

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kashmir Development Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• HUSSAIN, Noor — director, appointed 15/05/2023on trustee list
• AKRAM, Mohammed — director, appointed 10/01/2012on trustee list
• KHAN, Sardar Aftab Ahmad — director, appointed 01/08/2006not on trustee list
• AKHTAR, Javed — director, appointed 01/07/2006on trustee list
• JAVED, Mohammed, Mr. — director, appointed 03/02/2006on trustee list
• GHOURI, Nassar Ahmed — secretary, appointed 20/06/2006

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Noor Hussainchair
• JAVED AKHTAR
• MOHAMMED AKRAM
• MOHAMMED JAVED
• NASSAR AHMAD GHOURI
• SARDAR AFTAB AHMAD KHAN M.A
• SHAMS REHMAN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: India · Pakistan · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).