ELBISTAN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1145634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAKIS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, BCA

details of activities are attached with the annual accounts! ELCOM_2012-13_ANNUAL_ACCOUNTS[1]

Objects

A)TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE KURDISH AND TURKISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES IN BRITAIN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE KURDISH AND TURKISH COMMUNITIES IN BRITAIN;B)TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO COOPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS;C)TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED.D)TO DO ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a raw transaction log of receipts and payments for the period ending 2025-03-31, rather than a formal set of charity accounts. It details specific membership donations and outgoing payments but does not contain aggregated financial statements, reserves figures, or trustee reports necessary to assess overall financial health or governance.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• BBC Children In Need — “We have been involved in many projects such as the BBC Children In Need project of Writing My Story over the last year.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Guner Ulger
• Huseyin Kilinc
• Mehmet Ali Altun

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

Operates in: Enfield · Hackney · Haringey · Islington

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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