COMMUNITY WELFARE ACADEMY

Registered charity 1195564 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CHARITABLE PROJECTS

Objects

(1)TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG POOR PEOPLE, ORPHANS, WIDOWS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MAKING GRANTS FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FOOD, WATER AND OTHER NECESSITIES, AND COSTS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID PERSONS;(2)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OR THE ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES, SUCH AS SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SAID PERSONS;(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, PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ISLAMIC EDUCATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE QURAN AND THE TEACHINGS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AS INTERPRETED AND ACCEPTED BY THE AHLE-SUNNAH WAL-JAMAA-AH 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 · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£133k
Latest spending
£128k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £5,017 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £16,007. The trustees confirm a policy not to hold reserves but to retain surplus funds to further the charity’s aims and objectives. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not to hold reserves (reserves figure: £16k)
“The charity has a policy not to hold reserves but to retain surplus funds to further the charity’s aims and objectives.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/08/2024, 183 days after the 31/01/2024 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 — Al Hidaya Academy (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Pakistan · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£133k£128k
31/03/2024£91k£96k
31/03/2023£73k£63k
31/03/2022£17k£11k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY WELFARE ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £5,017 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £16,007. The trustees confirm a policy not to hold reserves but to retain surplus funds to further the charity’s aims and objectives. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST1£143k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CENTRE FOR ENTERPRISE, MARKETS AND ETHICS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY WELFARE ACADEMY£133k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CENTRE FOR ENTERPRISE, MARKETS AND ETHICS FY2025£690k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CMW CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
BE WITH ME FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
WISE ACADEMY FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt
OPEN AWARDS FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt

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