THE CAMBRIDGE MUSLIM TRUST

Registered charity 1125964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE ISLAMIC CENTRE AND MASJID AL-IKHLAS, CAMBRIDGE MUSLIMS

The Cambridge Muslim Trust provide a focus of activities for Muslims living in the Cambridge and surrounding area. This enables the organisation of religious, educational, and social life within the community in light of the Islamic teachings and traditions.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE QURAN AND SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AND THE DOCTRINES ON WHICH IT RESTS AND THE OBSERVANCES AS UNDERSTOOD AND PRACTISED BY AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMMAA'AH;TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF MUSLIM PEOPLE;TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND TO SUPPORT SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE HERTFORDSHIRE ESSEX NORFOLK SUFFOLK BEDFORDSHIRE

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 · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a total surplus of £234,770 for the year, driven by restricted funds, while unrestricted funds stood at £228,704. However, the accounts highlight that current liabilities exceeded current assets by £152,422, prompting the trustees to emphasize the importance of careful cash-flow management. The charity holds substantial tangible fixed assets valued at over £2.4 million but relies on unrestricted liquid funds for ordinary operating commitments.

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 4 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
• 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abdul Kayum Arain · trustee of 2 other charities
• Imtiaz Ahmed Din
• MAHMOOD CHAUDHRI MBA
• MR MOHMAD LATIF RAJPUT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Central Bedfordshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE MUSLIM WELFARE SOCIETY.

• CAMBRIDGE MUSLIM WELFARE SOCIETY income £116k
• THE CAMBRIDGE MOSQUE TRUST income £1.5m
• MUSLIM COMMUNITY TRUST income £217k
• MUSLIM INSTITUTE TRUST income £101k
• CAMBRIDGE MUSLIM COLLEGE income £1.9m
• MOHAMMADI TRUST BIRMINGHAM income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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