JAMIA MASJID ABU-BAKR AND ISLAMIC CENTRE

Registered charity 1143581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Jamia Masjid Abu-Bakr and Islamic Centre offers a place of worship for holding of regular prayers, meetings, lectures, public celebrations of religious events, producing and distributing literature on Islam to enlighten others about the muslim religion in light of Quran and Sunnah and providing religious education facilities for the muslims and non-muslims alike.

Objects

THE PRINCIPLE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE COUNTY OF WEST YORKSHIRE.A) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION AND CULTURE IN HUDDERSFIELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE ESTABLISHING OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP, HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS EVENTS, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON ISLAM TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE MUSLIM RELIGION AS DEFINED AND INTERPRETED FROM THE DIVINE QUR'AN AND PROPHETIC SUNNAH BY THE CLASSICAL ISLAMIC ORTHODOX TRADITION, THE WAY OF THE MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS FOR THE MAJORITY OF ISLAMIC HISTORY KNOWN AS - THE AHLE SUNNAH WAL JAMAA-AH AS ENSHRINED,ADHERED AND PROMOTED BY THE SUNNI HANAFI-BARELWI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT OF THE ASIAN SUBCONTINENT;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THEPROVISION OF SCRIPTURAL, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS ORGANIZING MAINSTREAM EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPORT AND FACILITATING LANGUAGE CLASSES, AIMING TO RAISE THE EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF ISLAM AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING TO WIDER EDUCATION AND ORGANISING OTHER COMMUNITY LEARNING AND SKILLS PROGRAMMES FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS;C) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR NATIONALITY, RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF;D) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BURNLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, PROMOTION OF GOOD NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS, AND RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND SERVING THEIR NEEDS BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, GENDER, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, HARDSHIP, SOCIAL, CULTURAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;E) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS TO THE PUBLIC HIGHLIGHTING SHARED VALUES AND COMMON INTERESTS TO HELP PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF FAITH;F) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

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 the charity incurred a net deficit of £6,158 for the year ended 30 September 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £114,060, though the trustees have not adopted a formal reserve policy. The charity holds net assets of £962,873, primarily consisting of tangible fixed assets valued at £848,814.

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 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MOHAMMED RASHIDchair
• ABDUL REHMAN
• BADAR IQBAL
• MOHAMMED ARIF
• MOHAMMED ISMAIL
• MOHAMMED JAHANDAD

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

Operates in: Kirklees

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