THE SILK ROUTE

Registered charity 1188427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Health Education and supportvulnerable people support Multi Faith GatheringsLanguage Education

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN ISLAM AND THROUGH INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, PROMOTING AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF ISLAM AND ITS COMMON GROUND WITH OTHER FAITHS, SO AS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS, RESPECT AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS.(2) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN SOUTHAMPTON, WINCHESTER, CHANDLERS FORD, ROMSEY, NORTH BADDESLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FREE HEALTH CHECKS AND INFORMATION TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND PREVENT ILL HEALTH.(3) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHAMPTON, WINCHESTER, CHANDLERS FORD, ROMSEY, NORTH BADDESLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND 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 SAID RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE OR MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,263 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a surplus in the previous period. Free reserves held at the end of the period were £122,023, which the trustees consider sufficient to support ongoing activities and future acquisitions. The charity's principal sources of funds include donations, grants, and loans, with total receipts decreasing slightly from the prior year.

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 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr REDWAN EL-KHAYATchair
• Monkiz Khasreen
• Syed Mateenul Hussain

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

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