SAFFRON COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1179726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Social CohesionCommunity FoodbankSocial ActivitiesFundraising Youth Services

Objects

(1)TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONG POOR PEOPLE, VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FOOD, CLEAN WATER, CLOTHING AND MEDICINES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID PERSONS;(2)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR, THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OR THE ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND NURSERIES;(3)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(4)TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES OF WORSHIP AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) AS INTERPRETED BY THE AHLE SUNNAH WAL JAMAAH SCHOOL OF THOUGHT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£101k
Latest spending
£101k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31/12/2024 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that the accounts accorded with those records, noting no material matters requiring further attention.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£101k£101k
31/12/2023£91k£137k
31/12/2022£61k£53k
31/12/2021£71k£64k
31/12/2020£3k£3k

Common questions

Is SAFFRON COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31/12/2024 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that the accounts accorded with those records, noting no material matters requiring further attention. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENDERUN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAFFRON COMMUNITY TRUST£101k——unclear—no doubt
ENDERUN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£133k——unclear—no doubt
GREAT CENTRAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£145k——unclear—no doubt
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£932k——unclear—no doubt
KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS YOU CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
SPRING COMMUNITY HUB FY2025£703k—0unclear—no doubt

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