PEACE MATTERS

Registered charity 1177370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

. To relieve and prevent poverty for the public benefit in the UK and such countries in Africa and South-East Asia as the Trustees deem appropriate by the provision of grants of money, the provision of items including but not exclusively food and clothing, and by payment for services such as essential housing costs, medical aid, and utilities.

Objects

"1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 5 AND 16 LIVING IN LEEDS, UK, AND IN SUCH COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDING TO ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS AND THE ORGANISATION OF CLASSES.2. TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK AND SUCH COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OF MONEY, THE PROVISION OF ITEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOOD AND CLOTHING, AND BY PAYMENT FOR SERVICES SUCH AS ESSENTIAL HOUSING COSTS, MEDICAL AID, AND UTILITIES. 3.TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY IN THE UK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTION AND DIALOGUE BETWEEN DIFFERENT FAITH AND NON-FAITH GROUPS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF SPORTS EVENTS, MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, AND CELEBRATORY EVENTS TO ENABLE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITH GROUPS TO UNDERSTAND THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF OTHERS. 4. TO RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE UK AND IN SUCH COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND BY ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORTING PROJECTS AIMED AT ENHANCING EMPLOYABILITY. "

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted and restricted funds of £250,252 as of 05 April 2025, representing an increase from the previous year's balance of £154,113. The trustees report that finances have been strong with a reasonable system of record keeping and financial controls. The charity's activities and financial support are envisaged to continue in the foreseeable future.

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.

• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 29/04/2024, 84 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 15/02/2023, 10 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 15/02/2023, 375 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• QARI MUHAMMAD QASIM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Pakistan · Syria · Tanzania · Throughout England · Turkey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOUNDATIONS FOR HOPE.

• FOUNDATIONS FOR HOPE income £198k
• FOUNTAIN OF PEACE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION UK income £272k
• Family Matters London income £32k
• Beacon of Peace income £657k
• SPIRIT OF PEACE income £35k
• GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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