MUSTAFA WELFARE SOCIETY BOLTON

Registered charity 1144639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity carries out a number of activities to meet the religious needs of the Bolton population. These include holding congregational prayers, educational meetings and a Sunday School. In addition to religious education, the charity also runs classes in numeracy and literacy and organises social events which allow the local community to get together and interact with each other.

Objects

PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH WEST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE SHIA MUSLIM INHABITANTS OF BOLTON, LANCASHIRE BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT:1. TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ACCORDING TO THE SHIA MUSLIM DOCTRINE (FIQAH-E-JAFFRIA) [1]; THIS IS BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY QURAN, THE HOLY PROPHET (PBUH) AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY AHLULBAYT, AS INTERPRETED AND CODIFIED BY EMINENT, MAINSTREAM JURISTS OF THE TIME (MARAJAH E UZZAM) FROM THE SHIA SCHOOL OF JURISPRUDENCE IN NAJAF OR QOM [2]; AND TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION INCLUDING THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF SPORTING FACILITIES FOR THE YOUTH, FROM THE SAID INHABITANTS, IN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.4. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. THE CHARITY WILL ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABL ISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREAFTER CALLED ÔÇ£THE CENTREÔÇØ) AND MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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 free reserves at 31 March 2025 were £97,963, excluding tangible assets and associated liabilities. The charity reported a net deficit of £6,349 for the year, with total funds decreasing from £704,558 to £698,209. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £83k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ARSUL HUSSAIN
• DR SYED NASEER HAIDER NAQVI MBBS, FRCP
• Dr SYED NAYYER RAZA MBBS FRCP
• Israr Hussain Shah
• Muzafar Hussain
• SYED MAZHAR UL HASSAN
• Syed Farhad Raza Naqvi
• Syed Muzamal Hussain
• Syed Raza Abbas

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

Operates in: Bolton

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