GREEN LANE MASJID AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1125833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre operates a mosque and an Islamic community centre on Green Lane, Small Heath in Birmingham.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£5.4m
Latest spending
£5.0m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £401,483 for the year, with total incoming resources of £5,380,031 against expenditures of £5,048,978. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £5,029,448, with free reserves calculated at £2,245,028, which exceeds the stated policy target of four months' operational expenditure. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months operational expenditure (held: £2.2m)
“Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre has set its reserves at approximately four months operational expenditure.” — page 50
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Green Lane Masjid & Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £868k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£5.4m
Total spending
£5.0m
Cost of raising funds
£85k
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
67

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 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 (87% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£5.4m£5.0m
31/12/2023£5.0m£4.8m
31/12/2022£4.8m£4.5m
31/12/2021£4.7m£3.6m
31/12/2020£3.6m£3.2m

Common questions

Is GREEN LANE MASJID AND COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £401,483 for the year, with total incoming resources of £5,380,031 against expenditures of £5,048,978. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £5,029,448, with free reserves calculated at £2,245,028, which exceeds the stated policy target of four months' operational expenditure. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KINDGIVING FOUNDATION1£2k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREEN LANE COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GREEN LANE MASJID AND COMMUNITY CENTRE£5.4m—0above—no doubt
GREEN LANE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£677k—0unclear—no doubt
HALL GREEN MOSQUE (HALL GREEN MUSLIM ASSOCIATION) FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt
JAMI MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE (BIRMINGHAM) TRUSTEES LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
GREENGATE JAMIA MASJID FY2025£117k—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM MASJID AND DAWAH CENTRE FY2025£139k—0unclear—no doubt

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