THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1084651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCBCF

To build a confident,engaged and prosperous Muslim Community/to strengthen family and community institutions/to participate fully in the social and political life of Britain and the European Union and to contribute fully in the social and political life of Britain/Religious Activities/Arts/Culture/Economic/Community Development

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION ARE, BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE FAITH AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF ISLAM (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERNING THE TEACHINGS AND RELIGION OF ISLAM, AND (C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF ANY PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR NATIONALITY, RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE AND MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £16,860 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total closing reserves from £148,806 to £131,946. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £43,203, which the trustees assessed as adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least another 12 months. The accounts were 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MCB Charitable Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr AKBER MOHAMEDALI
• Harun Rashid Khan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Navshir Jaffer · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• MUSLIM FOUNDATION UK income £47k
• MUSLIM INSTITUTE TRUST income £101k
• MUSLIM COMMUNITY TRUST income £217k
• CAMBRIDGE MUSLIM COLLEGE income £1.9m
• THE MUSLIMS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £243k
• MERCY MISSION UK income £9.3m

Side by side with its peers

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