ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKAN MUSLIMS - READING UK

Registered charity 1137229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Educational CulturalSocial

Objects

I. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIMCOMMUNITY AND PERSONS WHO ARE OF SRI LANKAN ORIGIN NOW LIVING AND AROUNDREADING, BERKSHIRE, UK IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES :A. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGIONB. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONC. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OFPERSONS, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR REASON , AGE,INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE ANDWITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SAID PERSONS.II. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, AND DISTRESS AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN SRI LANKA BY PROVIDING ANY CHARITABLE MEANS THAT THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: READING, BERKSHIRE,

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£25k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total receipts of £35,745.48 and total payments of £25,221.15, resulting in a net surplus of £10,524.33 for the year. Total funds held at year-end were £77,833.63, comprising £25,692.59 in the Community Account and £52,141.04 in the designated Building Fund. The trustees confirmed there were no fund deficits and did not have a formal written reserves policy in place during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donation to COSMOS UK for flood relief
“We also worked with COSMOS UK in relation to the wider Sri Lanka Cyclone Ditwah donation.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 30

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ASLAM UK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£36k£25k
31/12/2024£23k£13k
31/12/2023£17k£12k
31/12/2022£14k£8k
31/12/2021£14k£8k

Common questions

Is ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKAN MUSLIMS - READING UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total receipts of £35,745.48 and total payments of £25,221.15, resulting in a net surplus of £10,524.33 for the year. Total funds held at year-end were £77,833.63, comprising £25,692.59 in the Community Account and £52,141.04 in the designated Building Fund. The trustees confirmed there were no fund deficits and did not have a formal written reserves policy in place during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKAN MUSLIMS - READING UK£36k——unclear—no doubt
SRI LANKAN MUSLIM CHARITY-UK FY2025£24k—0above—noted
SRI LANKAN MUSLIM WELFARE ASSOCIATION CRAWLEY FY2025£525k—0unclear—no doubt
AGBRIGG MUSLIM ASSOCIATION FY2025£224k—0unclear—no doubt
SRI LANKAN MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTRE UK FY2025£913k—0above—no doubt
Muslim Association for Spirituality and Engagement FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt

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