BRIGHTON FAITH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1179139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity lets a property and the funds received are used for the furtherance of religious education

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-(1)TO HELP TO INTEGRATE AND ASSIMILATE SHIA IMMIGRANTS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS INTO BRITISH SOCIETY AND WAY OF LIFE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; (2)TO PROVIDE A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR SHIA MUSLIMS TO PRACTICE THEIR FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR ISLAMIC TRADITIONS;(3)TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BRIGHTON & HOVE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS; (4)THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AMONG SHIA MUSLIMS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS, CHARITIES AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED; AND(5)TO ADVANCE THE SHIA ISLAMIC RELIGION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON THE SHIA ISLAMIC RELIGION TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE SHIA ISLAMIC RELIGION, AND THROUGH THE SUPPORTING OF OTHER PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES TO CARRY OUT SUCH ACTIVITIES

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £926,107, an increase from £913,851 in the prior year. The trustees report that the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006, and the members have not required an audit for the year ended 31 March 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• EMAD HERANDIchair
• Alyaa Herandi
• JACOB HERANDI

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

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