MUSLIM WOMEN'S COUNCIL

Registered charity 1158560 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£379k

Latest spending

£364k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves are in deficit at £15,848, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £50,000 (equivalent to three months of expenditure). Despite this deficit and a significant drop in income from £757,077 to £378,959, the trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that funding was received after the year end to continue activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-16k)

“currently free reserves are not in line with the policy. This target has not been met”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/02/2024)

Total income

£757k

Total spending

£368k

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£3k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Shuruq Naguib
Fatima Ayub
Kehkshan Andleeb Ahmed · trustee of 1 other charity
Selina Parbin Ullah

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£379k	£364k
29/02/2024	£757k	£368k
28/02/2023	£161k	£193k
28/02/2022	£219k	£207k
28/02/2021	£270k	£201k

Common questions

Is MUSLIM WOMEN'S COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves are in deficit at £15,848, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £50,000 (equivalent to three months of expenditure). Despite this deficit and a significant drop in income from £757,077 to £378,959, the trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that funding was received after the year end to continue activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MUSLIM WOMEN'S COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MUSLIM WOMEN'S COUNCIL as a grant recipient include SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST, THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION, WESTHILL ENDOWMENT, THE DWF FOUNDATION, THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST	FY2025	£35k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST	FY2026	£35k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k
WESTHILL ENDOWMENT	FY2022	£6k	Finding Common Ground Through Calligraphy
THE DWF FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY	FY2023	£2k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k	Grants for Further Education and Charitable Causes

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/11/2025	£16k	Our Deen is Green
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2024	£308k	Daughters of Eve
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/09/2023	£9k	Our Deen is Green Upcycling Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/10/2021	£10k	Our Deen is Green - Living the environmental spirit of Islam
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/05/2021	£10k	Survive Recover and Re-engage
UK government	05/08/2020	£66k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/03/2019	£30k	Muslim Women Think Tank
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/04/2018	£10k	Women's Support Circle
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2016	£10k	Peer Healing in Family Breakdown
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/11/2015	£10k	BAME Women in the Civic Space
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/07/2015	£50k	"Our Head Coverings"
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/06/2014	£10k	Bradford Women's Circle

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNCIL OF MOSQUES - TOWER HAMLETS.

COUNCIL OF MOSQUES - TOWER HAMLETS income £150k
THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £348k
THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION income £210k
MUSLIM CULTURAL SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM income £140k
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO income £478k
MUSLIM ROSE WELFARE LIMITED income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MUSLIM WOMEN'S COUNCIL	£379k	—	below	—	no doubt
COUNCIL OF MOSQUES - TOWER HAMLETS FY2025	£150k	—	above	—	noted
THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£348k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt
MUSLIM CULTURAL SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FY2025	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO FY2025	£478k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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