COUNCIL OF MOSQUES - TOWER HAMLETS

Registered charity 1124554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Council of Mosques works primarily as a conduit of communication between the Muslim community in Tower Hamlets and the Local Authority is central.Currently, the Council of Mosques offers three main areas of service provision: 1. Capacity building and training programmes for its members and affiliates2. Consultation and advocacy on local issues3. Community cohesion activities

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:A) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS AND OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;B) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL GROUPS;C) PROVIDING A CLOSER NETWORK AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE MOSQUES AND OTHER ISLAMIC ORGANISATIONS WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OTHER FAITH COMMUNITIES;D) PROVIDING ADVICE ON COMMUNITY ISSUES;E) BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR RELIGION, ETHNIC ORIGIN OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO BRITISH SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:A) WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF INEQUALITY AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO BRITISH SOCIETY;B) WORKING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENABLE THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ORDER THAT THEY CAN ADAPT SERVICE PROVISION TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY;C) UNDERTAKING RESEARCH WITH INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ON ISSUES PERTINENT TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY;D) RAISING THE CONCERNS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY TO RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS OR AUTHORITIES AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE TRUSTEES;E) BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF MOSQUES AND ISLAMIC ORGANISATIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, ADVICE & GUIDANCE, TRAINING AND OTHER MEANS SO THAT THEY ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO DELIVER PROJECTS AND SERVICES THAT ADDRESS ISSUES OF INEQUALITY;F) BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LONDON.

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 accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £50,001 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total free reserves standing at £105,750. The trustees consider these reserves to be sufficient to meet their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The organization relies on grant funding from the local borough council to maintain its going concern status.

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 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.

• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SHAMSUL HOQUEchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• ARZOO MIAH · trustee of 2 other charities
• Atik Miah · trustee of 1 other charity
• ETHYOR MOHAMMED HUSSAIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• FARUK AHMED · trustee of 1 other charity
• MOHAMMAD ABDUL MUNIM JAHEDI
• Mafijur Rab
• Md Mohin Mozumder
• Md Musleh Uddin
• Mohammed Shamsul Hoque
• Mohammed Bashir Ahmed
• Mohammed Nurul Amin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mowlana Mohammed Musleh Uddin
• Nurul Ullah
• SIRAJUL ISLAM · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST LONDON MOSQUE TRUST.

• EAST LONDON MOSQUE TRUST income £6.6m
• MADINA MOSQUE AND MUSLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE income £137k
• BOLTON COUNCIL OF MOSQUES income £413k
• AL RISAALAH MOSQUE AND ISLINGTON ISLAMIC CENTRE income £310k
• THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £348k
• MUSLIM WOMEN'S COUNCIL income £379k

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