BEDFORD ISLAAMIC CENTRE

Registered charity 1145127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEDFORD AL FALAAH

Seminars and conferences are about life in general, fostering unity among all Muslims, how to be better Muslims and better citizens, fostering better community relations. General educational programs for Muslims and non-Muslims with a view to enhancing their understanding of Islam and avoidance of misconceptions about Islamic faith.

Objects

TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE CAUSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BEDFORDSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH. THIS WILL BE DONE BY THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE THAT PROVIDES FIVE DAILY PRAYERS, FRIDAY SERMON, CELEBRATION OF ISLAMIC FESTIVALS, FUNERAL SERVICES AND MARRIAGE. THE CENTRE IS OPEN TO PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS.

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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Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £185 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £695,882. The trustees' policy is to hold enough funds to meet operating costs, and the accounts state the charity is dependent on voluntary help and donations. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination which confirmed no material matters required attention.

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
• Investment
• 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

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 21/02/2024, 16 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 06/02/2023, 1 day after the 05/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 36.8% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JABIR AL WAIL · trustee of 1 other charity
• JUMU'AH ZILBOUD
• KHATIB MOSSI KASSIM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SALAAM SOCIETY OF BEDFORDSHIRE.

• SALAAM SOCIETY OF BEDFORDSHIRE income £119k
• BEDFORD ISLAMIC EDUCATION TRUST income £183k
• BEDFORD CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £30k
• SOUTH BEDFORD ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE income £57k
• ILFORD ISLAMIC CENTRE LIMITED income £448k
• BEDFORD CENTRAL JAMEE MASJID AND ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE income £156k

Side by side with its peers

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