SALAFI BOOKSTORE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE

Registered charity 1083080 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH (GOD) AS PORTRAYED IN THE AUTHENTIC SOURCES OF ISLAM AND ACCORDING TO THE WAYS OF SALAF-AS-SAALIH. RAISING FUNDS TO ACCOMPLISH THE ABOVE OBJECTIVE THROUGH PUBLICATION OF BOOKS, RETAIL OF ELECTRONICS.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAAH (GOD) AS PORTRAYED IN THE AUTHENTIC SOURCES OF ISLAAM AND ACCORDING TO THE WAY OF THE SALAF-AS-SAALIH (PIOUS PREDECESSORS)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £41,751 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £1,931,121. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding three months of operating costs, and current unrestricted reserves of £1,931,121 significantly exceed this target. The auditor confirmed the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MAT Global Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Ikhlaas Trust — “Ikhlaas Trust — Maktabah As-Salafiyyah, Islamabad Pakistan” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMJAD HUSSAIN
• AMJAD RAFIQ
• NIGEL FRANCIS

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUDHAYFAH BIN AL YAMAAN ISLAMIC CENTRE.

• HUDHAYFAH BIN AL YAMAAN ISLAMIC CENTRE income £129k
• ALMARKAZ UL ISLAMI LTD income £460k
• AL RISAALAH MOSQUE AND ISLINGTON ISLAMIC CENTRE income £310k
• ISLAMIC CENTRE OF ENGLAND LIMITED income £635k
• SUFFAH ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £120k
• AZHAR ACADEMY income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

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