HMC (UK)

Registered charity 1147462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALAL MONITORING COMMITTEE

MONITORING OF HALAL FOODS

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, BY MEANS OF , BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES TO ENABLE MUSLIM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRACTISE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR TO ENABLE THEM TO OBSERVE THE ISLAMIC DIETARY REQUIREMENTS AND LAWS RELATING TO HALAL FOOD;(2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDING TRAINING IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE ISLAMIC DIETARY REQUIREMENTS, LAWS RELATING TO HALAL FOOD, FOOD SAFETY AND GOOD STANDARDS IN FOOD HYGIENE.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES

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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Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £131,937 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £598,675. The trustees acknowledge that the current financial position has not permitted the trust to build cash reserves to achieve their stated policy objective of covering 12 months of running costs. Despite this, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Monitoring Fees (100% of income)
“Monitoring Fees 2,869,589”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £599k; policy: 12 months of running costs)
“Unfortunately with the current economic downturn, and hence reduction in donations - the current financial position has not permitted the trust to build cash reserves to achieve this objective.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shareef. 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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£599k
Employees
145

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.9m£2.7m
31/03/2024£2.7m£2.7m
31/03/2023£2.5m£2.6m
31/03/2022£2.5m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.5m£2.3m

Common questions

Is HMC (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £131,937 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £598,675. The trustees acknowledge that the current financial position has not permitted the trust to build cash reserves to achieve their stated policy objective of covering 12 months of running costs. Despite this, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shareef.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HALAL FOOD FOUNDATION LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HMC (UK)£2.9m—0below—no doubt
HALAL FOOD FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9m——within—no doubt
NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FY2025£275k—0below—no doubt
DARUL HIJAZ YATAMA UK FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
Foodshare CIO FY2025£963k—0unclear—no doubt

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