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Registered charity 1156165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TURKISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

OUR CHARITY'S MAIN ACTIVITY IS THE OPERATION OF TURKISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND KOTKU MOSQUE IN NEWCASTLE.ACTIVITIES RUN IN THE CENTRE PROMOTES EDUCATION AND PROVIDES LEISURE FACILITIES. ADDITIONAL EVENTS ARE HELD TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE MUSLIM FAITH.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO:1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TURK ORIGIN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;2) ADVANCE THE MUSLIM RELIGION WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;3) CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER OBJECTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND ELSEWHERE AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £68,543 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total turnover of £186,371. Free reserves stand at £188,363, supported by tangible fixed assets of £189,421 and cash reserves of £74,542. The entity holds a bank loan liability of £75,000 but maintains a positive net asset position.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr MEHMET KARAKUS
• Dr Mehmet Emin Aydin
• Dr Mehmet Fatih Tuysuz
• Hayri Tut
• Kerim Ture

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.