THE SAMOSA MEDIA LIMITED

Registered charity 1165245 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SAMOSA

To encourage education of British Pakistanis and other communities through raising awareness of issues such as identity, politics, multiculturalism, human rights and development in Pakistan, Britain and elsewhere through arts , media and the provision of global forums and democratic www.thesamosa.co.uk www.thersa.org/pkcalling

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Latest income

£114k

Latest spending

£110k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,800 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves carried forward totaling £35,346. The trustees confirm the charity is in a stable operational situation and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, assessing sufficient inflows to meet liabilities for at least twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

“New Income was £113,540 including contributions from The Portal Trust (£51,720) and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation (£58,820).” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: four months of company core, annual, operational costs (held: £35k)

“A long-term reserves fund of £40,000 is targeted, that figure being approximately equal to four months of company core, annual, operational costs, that include staffing, overheads and programme management costs.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 09606330

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

RAJA, Sonia Auhbier — director, appointed 22/06/2015on trustee list
HITCHEN, Graham John — director, appointed 23/05/2015on trustee list
PANDIT, John Ashok — director, appointed 23/05/2015on trustee list
AKHTAR, Anwar Mohammed — secretary, appointed 23/05/2015

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GRAHAM HITCHENchair
JOHN PANDIT
Sonia Raja

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

Operates in: Pakistan · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£114k	£110k
31/03/2024	£124k	£103k
31/03/2023	£73k	£107k
31/03/2022	£106k	£109k
31/03/2021	£139k	£103k

Common questions

Is THE SAMOSA MEDIA LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,800 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves carried forward totaling £35,346. The trustees confirm the charity is in a stable operational situation and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, assessing sufficient inflows to meet liabilities for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SAMOSA MEDIA LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SAMOSA MEDIA LIMITED as a grant recipient include The Portal Trust.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Portal Trust	FY2023	£55k	Curriculum resources to mentor, support and empower marginalised young people across London
The Portal Trust	FY2025	£45k	Diversifying London's curriculum and Youth Mentoring Workshops
The Portal Trust	FY2024	£45k	Diversifying London's Curriculum and BAME Youth Mentoring Workshops

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SAIFEE FOUNDATION OF EUROPE	1	£100k
IHELP GLOBAL	1	£24k
DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM)	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ANJUMAN-E-JAMALI (BRADFORD).

ANJUMAN-E-JAMALI (BRADFORD) income £581k
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) income £3.1m
SEEDS OF SADAQAH LIMITED income £803k
THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £348k
ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH LONDON income £1.5m
GHAZALI EDUCATION TRUST (UK) LIMITED income £124k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SAMOSA MEDIA LIMITED	£114k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANJUMAN-E-JAMALI (BRADFORD) FY2025	£581k	—	above	—	no doubt
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) FY2025	£3.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
SEEDS OF SADAQAH LIMITED FY2025	£803k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£348k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH LONDON FY2025	£1.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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