WELSH ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION SWANSEA

Registered charity 1131380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA IMAM, Welsh Islamic Cultural Association Swansea - Sketty Mosque & Community Centre

The WICAS charity provides support to those in need in Swansea areas. As an independant body we work together with other organisations to provide better understanding of Islam. We organise classes where the teaching of the Sunnah and Quran takes place.The charity is focused on the employment of Imams in line with employment regulation.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY QURAN AND SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM).2) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS 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;B) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £1,445,074, up from £1,365,940 in the prior year, driven by net income of £79,134. The charity reported total income of £282,657 against charitable expenditure of £203,523, resulting in a positive financial position with no disclosed deficits or material uncertainties.

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
• 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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~25.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RIAZ HASSANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR AHMED SALAMAT
• Dr Mabrouka Abuhmida
• Dr Mahaboob Basha · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Radwan Abdo Kaid Abdulla
• Dr SHAHZAD ATHER · trustee of 1 other charity
• FAROOQ SHAH
• Mariwan Abdul Kadir
• Nasir Shahzad
• Naveed-A-Amman Tasnim
• Parvaiz Ali · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWANSEA MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• SWANSEA MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE income £539k
• ISLAMIC CULTURAL AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION income £470k
• SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY income £2.3m
• MUSLIM CULTURAL & WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF SUTTON (MCWAS) income £424k
• JAMIA MASJID SWAFIA income £607k
• Swansea City AFC Foundation income £1.5m

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