MAUR

Registered charity 1175284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity serves the local community through free educational, cultural and recreational programmes that promote wellbeing and cohesion. It prevents youth crime through courses, mentoring, sports and youth clubs, promotes British values, and offers English as a Foreign Language to support integration. All activities align with charitable objectives and are open to all backgrounds, race and faith

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED 8-15 RESIDING IN NICHOLSTOWN, SOUTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF CLASSES IN ISLAMIC RELIGION AND HISTORY, AND THE ARABIC LANGUAGE.

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 · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£265k
Latest spending
£55k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's liabilities exceed its available funds due to expensive building works, resulting in a net payment position for the year. The trustees report that they are on track to repay liabilities earlier than expected and plan to reinvest future reserves into property expansion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £95k)
“Due the works required in the building, currently MAUR’s liabilities are higher than the money available to the charity.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“Due the works required in the building, currently MAUR’s liabilities are higher than the money available to the charity. In future Maur will look to invest any reserves in expanding the current building or purchase of another building to make its services widely available to all youth in the city.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MAUR (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£265k£55k
05/04/2024£46k£12k
05/04/2023£50k£3k
05/04/2022£61k£272
05/04/2021£6k£426

Common questions

Is MAUR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's liabilities exceed its available funds due to expensive building works, resulting in a net payment position for the year. The trustees report that they are on track to repay liabilities earlier than expected and plan to reinvest future reserves into property expansion.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
B K CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION1£7k
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
BEAULAND LIMITED1£1k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOHEBBAN AL - MAHDI YOUTH FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MAUR£265k—0below—noted
MOHEBBAN AL - MAHDI YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
CHAI NETWORK FY2025£246k—0below—noted
CHAI INSTITUTE FY2025£283k—0above—no doubt
MRC COMMUNITY ACTION FY2025£572k—0unclear—no doubt
MERLIN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£270k—0above9.6%no doubt

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