THE SHI'AH INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1153889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHI`AH

Facilitate & promote scholarship on Shi'ah Ithna Ashari Islam, its heritage & peoples. Present diverse approaches founded on effective traditions of textual scholarship & hermeneutics, complement by modern academic methods to foster a better understanding of Shi'ah Islam. Provide a forum for the highest standard of research & the academic dissemination of the timeless & universal Shi'ah tradition.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE SHI'AH ITHNA 'ASHARI MUSLIM FAITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FACILITATING AND PROMOTING SCHOLARSHIP ON SHI'AH ITHNA 'ASHARI ISLAM AND FUNDING, CARRYING OUT AND ORGANISING RESEARCH, LECTURES AND CONFERENCES AND TO PUBLICLY DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT SHI'AH ITHNA 'ASHARI ISLAM, ITS HERITAGE AND PEOPLES THROUGH MEDIA SUCH AS PUBLICATIONS, THE INTERNET, UNIVERSITY LECTURES, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND LECTURES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds are in a deficit position, with net assets decreasing from £76,769 to £95,781 over the year. The trustees report that the charity is conducting ongoing research and has acquired an office lease, but the financial review notes a net expenditure of £19,012 for the year.

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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr AMJAD HUSSAIN SHAHchair
• Munawar Hussain Shah L .T · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shaheed Mustafa Dhanani

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

Operates in: Camden

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