HARROW OVER-50 CLUB

Registered charity 1159559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hire regular meeting place for monthly gathering of members of the club, every second Tuesday of the month, and for ladies only on last Thursday of the month, at St. Lawrence Church Hall, Harrow. Arrange dinner with music at two Eid festivals and Bengali new years day; Christmas and New years dinner. Arrange weekly Yoga sessions on Wednesdays, annual day trip and over night stay trips by coach.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH RESIDENTS OF HARROW AND ADJOINING BOROUGHS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN AND AGE, IN PARTICULAR OF BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY WHO ARE OVER-50 IN AGE, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A. PROVIDING A MEETING PLACE ON A REGULAR BASIS, THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES ABOVE MENTIONED COMMUNITY WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY B. PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMMUNITY TO REDUCE LONELINESS, SENSE OF ISOLATION, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND TO PARTICIPATE SOCIALLY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY BY ARRANGING SPECIAL DINNERS, DAY TRIPS, BARBECUE AND OTHER SOCIAL OUTINGS & TRIPSC. PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL AWARENESS AND HEALTHY LIFE STYLE TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMMUNITY BY ARRANGING LECTURES ON HEALTH, SOCIAL AND LIFE STYLE ISSUES. D. PROVIDING EXERCISE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMMUNITY BY ARRANGING YOGA SESSIONS AND CULTURAL EVENTSE. INCREASING OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH VARIOUS SERVICE PROVIDERS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £9,385.32 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted general funds from £19,221.26 to £19,046.19. The trustees report that yoga classes were paused in November due to reduced funding, with plans to reintroduce them via a nominal fee to sustain activities. Despite these challenges, the charity reports membership growth and successful event delivery throughout 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 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR Q Z AHMADchair
• BILQUIS JAHAN ISLAM
• Dr Mohammed Latif
• Dr Suraiya Hossain
• HABIB ALAM KHANDAKER
• Laila Uddin
• SADIQUR RAHMAN

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

Operates in: Harrow

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Government & lottery funding

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