ETERNAL LIGHT SECONDARY SCHOOL

Registered charity 1158519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ETERNAL LIGHT PROJECT

PROVISION OF EDUCATION INCLUDING NATIONAL CURRICULUM EDUCATION TO GCSE LEVEL AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HANAFI DOCTRINE.2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST MUSLIMS) ON THE SUBJECT OF ISLAM AND TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE SUBJECT. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE CONDUCT OF A SCHOOL AND BY ANCILLIARY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.4) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: BRADFORD CITY

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,913,512, which is significantly above the stated policy target of one year's expenditure (£381,634). The trustees report that the charity is in a strong financial position and confident in its ability to continue current activities despite recent challenges such as increased costs and the implementation of VAT on school fees.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~72.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ahmed Ali · trustee of 1 other charity
• Feizal Patel
• Imran Khan
• Muhammad Abdur Raqeeb
• Rashta Bibi · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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