GOODWOOD COMMUNITY & EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1130884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOODWOOD ISLAMIC CENTRE

PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP, AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ISLAMIC EDUCATIONTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY LEARNING PROGRAMMES, CLASSES , SEMINARS AND FUNCTIONSTO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF MUSLIMS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY DETERMINE

Objects

I TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION, TEACHINGS AND TENETS OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUNNI TRADITION BASED ON THE QURA’N AND SUNNAH AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP AND EDUCATION.II TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY LEARNING PROGRAMMES, CLASSES , SEMINARS AND FUNCTIONSIII TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF MUSLIMS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY DETERMINE

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED.

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 unrestricted funds total £2,998,547, which exceeds the charity's policy target of maintaining unrestricted funds at a level in excess of annual unrestricted management and administration expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable requirements.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (77% 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: 17.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MOHAMMAD NAJEEB PATELchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ahmed Lorgat
• Liyaquat Ali Hafej Mohamed Laher
• Mohammed Karolia
• SULEMAN MUSSA CHACHIA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Leicester City

Income and spending

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