NORTH WEST KENT MUSLIM ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1073906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NWKMA

(A) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGIONB) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF ISLAM. (C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS. AND; (D) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH WEST KENT (WHICH SHALL INCLUDE DARTFORD, CRAYFORD, SWANLEY, BEXLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS) AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE MUSLIMS:-A) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGIONB) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF ISLAM. (C) TO RELIEVE MUSLIMS AND OTHERS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS. AND; (D) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: NORTH WEST KENT

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bexley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£78k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £23,313, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £646,880. The trustees report that this level of reserves is maintained in line with their policy of holding three to six months of expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £647k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2024 (received 30/07/2025, 91 days after the 30/04/2025 due date); year ending 30/06/2023 (received 30/07/2025, 456 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 29/05/2024, 395 days after the 30/04/2023 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 09/08/2022, 101 days after the 30/04/2022 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

LUTHFUL WAHEDchair
MA MUNIM
SYED SHAMSUL Alam

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£102k	£78k
30/06/2024	£135k	£76k
30/06/2023	£107k	£77k
30/06/2022	£105k	£89k
30/06/2021	£61k	£25k

Common questions

Is NORTH WEST KENT MUSLIM ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £23,313, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £646,880. The trustees report that this level of reserves is maintained in line with their policy of holding three to six months of expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSLIM FOUNDATION UK.

MUSLIM FOUNDATION UK income £47k
WARRINGTON ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION income £237k
WEST NORFOLK ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION income £40k
TEES VALLEY MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE income £26k
WEST TOWN MUSLIM SOCIAL AND WELFARE SOCIETY income £293k
KINGSTON MUSLIM ASSOCIATION income £734k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTH WEST KENT MUSLIM ASSOCIATION	£102k	—	above	—	no doubt
MUSLIM FOUNDATION UK FY2025	£47k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WARRINGTON ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£237k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST NORFOLK ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£40k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TEES VALLEY MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£26k	—	above	—	no doubt
WEST TOWN MUSLIM SOCIAL AND WELFARE SOCIETY FY2026	£293k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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