READING ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1152548 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To help poor and needy peopleTo help young people for sports and to further cultural activitiesTo provide place for worship and religious functionsActivities are in Reading and surrounding areas

Objects

4. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AHL-UL-HADITH CREED AND METHODOLOGY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND(3) TO ENGAGE IN GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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 · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £37,029 for the year ended 31 January 2026. Net assets increased to £1,240,506, driven by a funds balance brought forward of £1,203,477 and the current year surplus. The charity holds £212,025 in cash at bank and in hand against minimal current liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08346043

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NAZIR, Mohammed — director, appointed 30/01/2021on trustee list
• AKHTAR, Munir — director, appointed 03/01/2013on trustee list
• RASUL, Ghulam — director, appointed 03/01/2013on trustee list
• AKHTAR, Munir — secretary, appointed 03/01/2013

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• MOHAMMED NAZIRchair
• Abdul Ghafoor
• GHULAM RASUL
• MUNIR AKHTAR
• Mohammad Saghir

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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