WERNETH JAMIA MASJID

Registered charity 1137058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WJM

The Main activity of the charity is to provide the loacal muslim community a place of worship and religious guidance to both muslim & non muslim members of the community. The organisation are currently in the process of building a new buiding for religous and community activities. The total estimated cost of this project will be approximately ?2 million pound.

Objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICES OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HOLY QURAN, HADITH AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMED (SAAW) ACCORDING TO THE HANFI DEOBAND SCHOOL OF THOUGHT AND TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SUITABLE FACILITIES FOR ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND THE DUE PERFORMANCE OF THE RITES OF: - FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION SEE ACTIVITY SECTION3.2 PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING ACCOMMODATION AND SUITABLE FACILITIES FOR THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND NON MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN OLDHAM.: - FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION SEE ACTIVITY SECTION3.3 TO PROVIDE MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP ACCOMMODATION WHERE THE RELIGIOUS ASPIRATIONS AND NEEDS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY CAN BE CATERED FOR: - FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION SEE ACTIVITY SECTION

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.

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Latest income
£411k
Latest spending
£15k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,627,262.72, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of holding three months of operating reserves. The organization reported a net income increase to £395,992.83, driven by fundraising activities aimed at financing a new building project.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The organizations main source of income currently has been fundraising through its own membership.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £2.6m)
“The trustees have put in place a reserve policy of holding reserve fund for operating the masjid for 3 months.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£411k£15k
31/03/2024£284k£12k
31/03/2023£200k£1k
31/03/2022£136k£14k
31/03/2021£273k£19k

Common questions

Is WERNETH JAMIA MASJID financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,627,262.72, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of holding three months of operating reserves. The organization reported a net income increase to £395,992.83, driven by fundraising activities aimed at financing a new building project. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.