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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Very static board: -5
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

DISCOVER ISLAM LUTON

- PROVIDING A LIBRARY/PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT ISLAM- DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ABOUT ISLAM- DELIVERING LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS ABOUT ISLAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC- SUPPORTING LOCAL CHARITIES IN LUTON BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS TO THOSE WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£87£84£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£33£72£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21*£90£76£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20*£96£66£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£45£45£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18*£43£45£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£43£40£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£64£44£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£33£44£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£64£43£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£39£48£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£63£28£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

discover-islam.org.uk

contact@discover-islam.co.uk

01582 452356

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Luton,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AABID KHAN Appointed: 2011
  • IMRAN SULEMAN Appointed: 2014
  • MOHAMMAD TARIQ KHALIL Appointed: 2011
  • SUFIAN SADIQ Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Head Of Vocational Education
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/08/2011, number: 1143363
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/07/2011, number: 07689763
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR21: 27 days late, AR20: 43 days late, AR18: 112 days late,
Main office

37C Upper George Street
LUTON
LU1 2RG

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM FOR GENERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BROADCASTING ISLAMIC MESSAGES OF A TEACHING NATURE THROUGH LIBRARY FACILITIES, LECTURES AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE ABOUT ISLAM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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