MUSLIM COMMUNITY & EDUCATION CENTRE (MCEC)

Registered charity 1156440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

- To advance the religion of Islam for the benefit of the Public- Advance the knowlege and education of the general public in Quranic, Arabic and Islamic Studies- To develop the capacity and skills of the members of society and economically disadvantage Muslim community in the London Borough of Enfield, Barnet and surroundings

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHA. THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES AND PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS B. THE PROVISION OF A PLACE OF PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND EDUCATION BY PERSONS PROFESSING THE RELIGION OF ISLAM C. THE PROVISION OF MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISLAMIC RITESD. THE PRODUCTION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE ON ISLAMIC BELIEF AND PRACTICE TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RELIGION OF ISLAM2. THE SPECIFIC EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN QURANIC, ISLAMIC STUDIES AND ARABIC.3. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS FOCUSING ON, BUT NOT RESTRICTING TO, MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED MUSLIM COMMUNITY PRIMARILY IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF ENFIELD AND BARNET AND ALSO SOME AREAS OF HERTFORDSHIRE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Enfield, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,093,396 against total assets of £4,178,601, with no stated reserves policy target. The trustees and auditors confirm that adequate resources are available to continue operations for the foreseeable future, citing a cash balance of approximately £1.6 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by JF Francis Ltd. 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MCEC Palmers Green Mosque (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £485k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 4.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• YASIR M SHAIKH CEngchair
• Abdul Samad Billoo · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rahat Shams Mohammed Hadi
• SABIR MAHMOOD SHAIKH
• SAIFUDDIN AHMAD
• SAQIBAH TALAT SHEIKH MA
• SHAPPIR ALIM
• TALAT SHAIKH

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSLIM EDUCATION CENTRE.

• MUSLIM EDUCATION CENTRE income £72k
• EIC AL-MASJID TRUST income £952k
• ISLAMIC EDUCATION CENTRE AND MOSQUE income £70k
• MUSLIM EDUCATION CENTRE AND WELFARE TRUST income £289k
• TEES VALLEY MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE income £26k
• CAMBRIDGE MUSLIM COLLEGE income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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