OXFORD ISLAMIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1068787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXIS

Makes grants to organisations and provides services.

Objects

1) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MUSLIM STUDENTS, WHO ARE EITHER CURRENTLY STUDYING OR HAVE PREVIOUSLY STUDIED, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD OR AT ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES FOR REASON OF AGE, ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FAITH, IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.2) MAKE PROVISION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND INFORMATION RELATING TO THE CULTURE, ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MUSLIMS AND THE MUSLIM WORLD, BY THE ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT OF SEMINARS, LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS AND MAKING AVAILABLE SYSTEMATIC COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN ANY ASPECT OS MUSLIM CULTURE...

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF OXFORD AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,163 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £89,199. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further attention, indicating compliance with accounting standards. The trustees prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, confirming the trust's ability to continue operating.

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 2 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 05/11/2024, 5 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 01/11/2023, 1 day 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

• Dr UMAR KHAN CHEEMAchair
• Dr Imran Uddin Alvi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr RIZWAN CHUGHTAI
• Dr Shariq Jamal Lodhi
• WASIM CHOUDHURY

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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