ORGANISATION OF CULTURE AND CHARACTER

Registered charity 1184503 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing resources for young people living in Luton by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activitiesAdvancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individualsAdvancing education;

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN LUTON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES AND THE PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION.TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN LUTON BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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 the charity holds total net assets of £2,873,825, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £2,132,863. Per the trustees' report, the organization achieved a surplus of £740,962 for the year ended 30 July 2025, funded by diverse income streams including donations and Zakat. The financial position is supported by substantial fixed assets valued at £2,563,457 and minimal current liabilities.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Organisation of Culture and Character (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Faiz Qureshychair
• Adnan Akram
• Ammer Naweed Aziz
• Khayam Khan
• Sobaan Riaz

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EDUCATCH CHARITY.

• THE EDUCATCH CHARITY income £804k
• ISLAMIC CULTURAL SOCIETY LUTON MOSQUE income £1.0m
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
• BARAKA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £283k
• BEACON LIGHTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £436k
• THE RAISE UP FOUNDATION income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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