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Registered charity 1156203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Primary Education

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF A PRIVATE INDEPENDENT FAITH SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AGED 4-11 IN ILFORD ESSEX.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that reserves held are £307,954, which are maintained to enable the school to function. The document does not disclose a specific reserves policy target or any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

• Ofsted — Read Academy Education: Good (NULL) · Ofsted

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMRAN HUSSAIN RUHEL
• GULAM ABBAS HUSSAIN
• IHSAAN AHMAD RAFIQ
• SAMI SHAIKH

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

Operates in: Essex · Redbridge

Income and spending

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• KEW COLLEGE income £4.4m
• ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL income £302k
• BALLARD SCHOOL LIMITED income £7.4m
• CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k
• CAMDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION OF FRANCES MARY BUSS income £873k

Side by side with its peers

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