MINARET COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1127464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We boast one of the culturally specific community buildings at LBHF, supporting the East/North African communities within the Borough. We act as a vital community hub with over 350 families regularly accessing our building and the therapy services we offer. We work in partnership with many organisations and support our community in connecting with key services they would otherwise not access

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION, BEING FOR SOMALI REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN THELONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM AND THE SURROUNDING BOROUGHS, AREA. TO RELIEVE NEED, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT, PROTECTAND PRESERVE HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FORRECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIRCONDITIONS OF LIFE AND ASSISTING THEIR INCLUSION INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITYB. TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DROP-IN CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED"THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ATONE OR IN CO-OPERATIONWITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OFTHE ABOVE OBJECTS"

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM AND THE SURROUNDING BOROUGHS

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£101k
Latest spending
£111k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £17,101 and restricted funds were £6,179, totaling net assets of £23,280 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees confirmed that the charity is eligible for independent examination and that an audit is not required under the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements 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 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £14,767 — grants £14,767 (1); 14% of the £103,149 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somalia · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£101k£111k
31/03/2024£103k£103k
31/03/2023£90k£86k
31/03/2022£100k£87k
31/03/2021£186k£176k

Common questions

Is MINARET COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £17,101 and restricted funds were £6,179, totaling net assets of £23,280 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees confirmed that the charity is eligible for independent examination and that an audit is not required under the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MINARET COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MINARET COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include H&F Giving, DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
H&F GivingFY2022£12kMinaret Household Support / Government Aid
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2024£6k
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2025£6kGrants to organisations
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£5kthe Summer Youth Club, featuring a Brighton beach trip and football tournament
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kCommunity Spirit Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation02/05/2025£60kGrant to Minaret Community Centre
Sport England02/12/2024£14kActive Ladies
UK government05/08/2020£42kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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
SMALLWOOD TRUST1£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LYNEMOUTH MINERS WELFARE INSTITUTE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MINARET COMMUNITY CENTRE£101k—0unclear—no doubt
LYNEMOUTH MINERS WELFARE INSTITUTE FY2026£28k——unclear—no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE MUSLIM CENTRE FY2026£52k—0unclear—no doubt
LONGHEATH COMMUNITY CARE AND CHURCH CENTRE FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
RAINHAM COMMUNITY SOCIAL & CULTURAL CENTRE FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
HURSTBOURNE TARRANT COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt

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