PRESTON HANFI SUNNI MUSLIM SOCIETY

Registered charity 1004358 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AQSA MOSQUE

Offer the facility to all muslims to pray five times a day. To provide for the religious teaching of basic Islam to children and adults.To carry on other religiuos activities for the community.

Objects

ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN THE TOWN OF PRESTON IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER BY THE PROVISION OF A MOSQUE OF A BURIAL GROUND AND OF EDUCATION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE COMMITTEE THINK FIT AND FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG MEMBERS 0F THE SOCIETY

Area of benefit: PRESTON

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

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£149k
Latest spending
£147k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £765,145 at the end of the financial year, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity remains in a transitional phase regarding youth management and has strategic objectives to reduce debt and continue refurbishment works.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Masjid-e-Aqsa (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£149k£147k
31/03/2024£210k£87k
31/03/2023£149k£96k
31/03/2022£99k£69k
31/03/2021£83k£74k

Common questions

Is PRESTON HANFI SUNNI MUSLIM SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £765,145 at the end of the financial year, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity remains in a transitional phase regarding youth management and has strategic objectives to reduce debt and continue refurbishment works. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSLIM SOCIETY OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PRESTON HANFI SUNNI MUSLIM SOCIETY£149k—0unclear—no doubt
MUSLIM SOCIETY OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
GUJARATI SUNNI MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE (GSMCC) FY2025£206k—0above3.0%no doubt
PRESTON MUSLIM EDUCATION COUNCIL FY2025£210k—0unclear—noted
THE PRESTON MUSLIM SOCIETY MASJID-E-FALAH FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PRESTON MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTRE FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt

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