BOW MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1075401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing help and assistance, mainly educational and religious, to the local Muslim community to overcome their disadvantages and improve their condition of life

Objects

ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFITS OF PERSONS IN THE BOW NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND IN PARTICULAR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY , TO ADVANCE THE MUSLIM RELIGION , ADVANCE EDUCATION , RELIEVE POVERTY , AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PERSONS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£183k
Latest spending
£56k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £127,496 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,733,333. The charity maintains a reserve policy to hold funds equivalent to its expenditure to ensure continuity during funding drops. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts are in agreement with accounting records and that the charity satisfied conditions for audit exemption.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: equivalent to its expenditure (held: £1.7m)
“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 its expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£183k£56k
31/03/2024£172k£54k
31/03/2023£164k£37k
31/03/2022£164k£34k
31/03/2021£121k£28k

Common questions

Is BOW MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a net surplus of £127,496 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,733,333. The charity maintains a reserve policy to hold funds equivalent to its expenditure to ensure continuity during funding drops. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts are in agreement with accounting records and that the charity satisfied conditions for audit exemption. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY (BAQUIR) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BOW MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE£183k—0above—no doubt
KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY (BAQUIR) LIMITED FY2025£703k—0within34.9%no doubt
MADINA MOSQUE AND MUSLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2024£137k—0unclear—no doubt
ALMARKAZ UL ISLAMI LTD FY2025£460k—0no_policy—no doubt
AL RISAALAH MOSQUE AND ISLINGTON ISLAMIC CENTRE FY2025£310k—0unclear—no doubt
ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH LONDON FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt

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