THE PAKISTAN SOCIETY

Registered charity 249020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAKISTAN SOCIETY

The main social event of each year is a Gala Dinner at Lincoln's Inn, London where in 1896 the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was called to the Bar. This is usually in June. Starting from Autumn until Spring there is a programme of monthly lectures held in the evening, on varying topics concerned with Pakistan. Information is circulated via Website and Email.

Objects

1) TO INCREASE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF THE ARTS, LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, MUSIC, HISTORY, RELIGIONS, ANTIQUITIES, USAGES, INSTITUTIONS, CUSTOMS AND MANNERS OF PAKISTAN.2) TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE IN THE ABOVE FIELDS BY MEANS, INTER ALIA, OF LECTURES, CLASSES, PAMPHLETS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, CONCERTS AND BROADCASTS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND PAKISTAN

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £175,062 at the end of the year, representing a surplus of £7,773 over the previous year's balance. The filing confirms the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity reported no staff costs and no trustee remuneration, relying instead on subscriptions, donations, and event income.

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.

• Risk management
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maj Gen Seumas Kerr CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amina Ali
• Anwar Mahmood Zaidi · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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