THE ARAB BRITISH CENTRE

Registered charity 801026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ARAB-BRITISH CENTRE LIMITED

Working to improve the British public's understanding of the Arab world, the Centre is home to art exhibitions and a specialist library open to the public. Organising and promoting Arab-related arts and cultural events in the UK including Arabic Calligraphy and language classes, talks on a variety of topics and an award. The Centre houses and supports like-minded organisations at its premises.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit for the year of £133,793, driven by a deficit on income and expenditure of £84,064 and a loss on investments of £49,729. Per the trustees' report, total funds at year-end amounted to £2,162,310, comprising £5,150 in unrestricted funds, £74,753 in restricted funds, and £2,082,407 in endowment funds.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (45% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Haroun Al-Mishwitchair
• ELIZABETH MORIARTY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fionnuala Rogers
• Hani Zaitoun
• Hanouf Al-Alawi
• Maher Maksoud

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Centre for British Photography.

• The Centre for British Photography income £217k
• A M QATTAN FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• THE OPEN CENTRE income £102k
• SOUTHBANK CENTRE income £58.3m
• THE ASSAHABA CENTRE BRISTOL income £107k
• ARRAHMA ISLAMIC CENTRE income £233k

Side by side with its peers

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