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Registered charity 1169014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the rehabilitation of ex-offenders for the public benefit by working with people from a range of faith communities in the United Kingdom to develop and maintain an infrastructure which supports those leaving prison so that such people are integrated into society to lead law-abiding lives

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF EX-OFFENDERS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM A RANGE OF FAITH COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN AN INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH SUPPORTS THOSE LEAVING PRISON SO THAT SUCH PEOPLE ARE INTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY TO LEAD LAW-ABIDING LIVES, IN PARTICULAR BY: 1. PROVIDING A NATIONAL DIRECTORY AS A RESOURCE FOR EX-OFFENDERS AND PRISON CHAPLAINS THAT LISTS COMMUNITIES FROM A RANGE OF FAITH BACKGROUNDS WHICH HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS BEING WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE OF PEOPLE LEAVING PRISON;2. PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF FAITH COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT WILL EQUIP THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE LEAVING PRISON AND THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY AFTER RELEASE;

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 that unrestricted reserves of £23,845 are below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £26,218 (three months of running costs). The charity reports a net income surplus of £25,279 for the year, with total funds decreasing from £63,232 to £34,997 due to higher expenditure than income in the prior year comparison.

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 5 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 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
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ajmer Singh
• Edward Robert Smyth
• Peter Holloway
• Rev Fred Ireland
• Rev Modupe Adefala
• Rev Robert Wilson
• Rizwana Reza
• Shaffiq Din

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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