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.
Objects
THE CHARITY WILL ACT AS A RESOURCE TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE, WOMEN, FAMILIES AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL WELL-BEING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLY INDIVIDUALS.B. ADVANCING EDUCATION;C. RELIEVING EMPLOYMENT;D. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.E. TO ASSIST IN THE NON-CLINICAL TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION, BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, PRACTICAL ADVICE AND TAILORED SUPPORT.
Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.
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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Blackburn with Darwen, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)
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 (reserves figure: £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.
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
- 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
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: 41
- Government income: £324,574 — contracts £237,197 (6), grants £87,377 (1); 30% of the £1,095,927 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 40
- Government income: £400,112 — contracts £339,211 (6), grants £60,901 (2); 41% of the £982,094 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 40
- Government income: £253,153 — contracts £253,153 (9); 26% of the £965,794 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST, SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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