ZAWIYA TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1090548 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMINA TRUST LIMITED

The Amina Trust runs a range of community education programmes for adults and children together with a number of youth activities. The Trust is also seeking to encourage local people, particularly women, to become involved in enterprise. There are also a range of cultural and interfaith activities.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND THE ADVANCE OF EDUCATION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND ALL THINGS RELATING THERETO;2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;3) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PERSONS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.4) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALESS

Area of benefit: BIRMINGHAM

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£254k
Latest spending
£253k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £277,477, which the trustees report is maintained at a level covering three months of running costs. However, the trustees note that the charity needs to increase grant and social enterprise income to maintain financial stability going forward. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 7.5% of the anticipated annual budget (held: £277k)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain a reserve around 7.5% of the anticipated annual budget to be able to deal with the unexpected contingencies” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales; Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£254k£253k
30/09/2024£21k£31k
30/09/2023£12k£25k
30/09/2022£37k£37k
30/09/2021£61k£18k

Common questions

Is ZAWIYA TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £277,477, which the trustees report is maintained at a level covering three months of running costs. However, the trustees note that the charity needs to increase grant and social enterprise income to maintain financial stability going forward. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Birmingham City Council15/07/2021£10kZawiya Trust

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL-MUNTADA AL-ISLAMI TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ZAWIYA TRUST LIMITED£254k—0unclear—no doubt
AL-MUNTADA AL-ISLAMI TRUST FY2024£366k—0unclear—no doubt
ZUHRI TRUST FY2025£243k—0above—no doubt
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£4.1m—0below—no doubt
THE AMINA TRUST FY2025£115k—0below—no doubt
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ISLAMIC CENTRE FY2025£219k—0above—no doubt

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