LONGWOOD GARDENS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LCC)

Registered charity 1197104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONGWOOD GARDENS COMMUNITY CENTRE, PARKVIEW IMAAN EDUCATION CENTRE, PIEC

Provide language education services to local community. Provide support and help to families who are unable to.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF BY PROVIDING FREE OR REDUCED FEE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THOSE IN NEED COVERING KS1, 2 AND 3 AND INCLUDING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND ARABIC AND URDU LANGUAGES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redbridge, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant increase in total income to £339,304, resulting in a surplus of £322,029 for the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £843,775, which exceeds its stated reserves policy of holding approximately three months' running costs. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory, noting that funds raised for a property purchase were held in the bank account at year-end.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

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 31/12/2022 (received 19/03/2024, 140 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Haroon Kamran Jiwanchair
• Abdul Azim Shaikh
• Kamar Hussain Zaman
• Yusuf Jaami
• ZULFIKAR ALI

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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