IMO CHARITY
Registered charity 1144447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IMO, INTER MADRASSAH ORGANISATION
IMO undertakes a range of activities which are designed to enhance the capabilities of young people and their life chances, along with services to help improve the quality of life of adults in the community. These include positive mentoring through sports and recreation; health awareness; community safety; employability; self-esteem; responsible citizenship and cohesion; education and training.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £52,584 for the year, with unrestricted reserves held at £552,485. This figure is above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £258,000. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £258,000.00 (held: £552k)
“The Board of Directors at IMO believe that an appropriate level of reserve for IMO Charity is £258,000.00 which is equivalent to 3 months’ salary cost.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by KM. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Dr Qamar Khan — Chairperson (source)
- Mohammed Tayyab Sidat — CEO (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Ashley McCaul
- Dr QAMAR KHAN
- Ebrahim Ghiwala
- Juned Patel
- Michael Wedgeworth
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is IMO CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £52,584 for the year, with unrestricted reserves held at £552,485. This figure is above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £258,000. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KM.
Who funds IMO CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name IMO CHARITY as a grant recipient include IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, GAMBLEAWARE, SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND.
Known funders
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