AL-HABIB ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTRE SWINDON

Registered charity 1146042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDE BENEFIT TO THE ALL INHABITANTS OF SWINDON, PRIMARILY THE MUSLIMS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RELIGION, SEX, RACE OR OTHER OPINIONS.WORK WITH AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN COMMON EFFORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLICEDUCATE IN CITIZENSHIP & INTEGRATED LIVINGPROVIDE FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIMEADVISORY SERVICE FOR COMMON BENEFIT, ADVISE, DIRECT, HELP

Objects

A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND PRIMARILY THE MUSLIM INHABITANTS OF SWINDON (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RACE OR OF POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:(I) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE;(II) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;(III) PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B) ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ISLAMIC CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT;C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net gain of £24,830 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £162,149 and total expenditure of £137,319. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £947,863, which is above the stated policy target of £75,000. The charity relies on grants, donations, and rent to fund its operations, and the trustees limit expenditure to the availability of resources.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £178k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABDUL LATIFchair
• Dr Tahir Afzal
• Mohammad Jahangir
• Naseer Muzzamal
• TAIMUR SHAHID RAFIQUE
• TARIQ MAHMOOD

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

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