PURLEY ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1146668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PICC

The objects of the charity are to advance the religion of Islam in accordance with the tenants and doctrines of the Sunni and Hanafi School of thought. To relieve financial Hardship. Promotion of racial harmony. To advance education in Islam. To secure premises for the benefit of the community and the furtherance of the Objectives

Objects

3. THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 3.1) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF THE SUNNI AND HANAFI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. 3.2) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 3.3) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MUSLIM AND OTHER COMMUNITIES;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; AND (C) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE. 3.4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. 3.5) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income increased by 18.09% to £243,087, while total expenditure decreased to £165,481, resulting in a net income of £316,063. The trustees report that the charity maintained a healthy level of unrestricted reserves, providing adequate working capital for the next 12 to 18 months. Furthermore, the auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RA Audit Services Limited. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

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 £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~46.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Waqar Ahmadchair
• Ghazala Sattar
• Hassan Akhtar
• Khaja Yunus Sharif
• Mijanur Rahman

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

Operates in: Croydon

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