BURY ST EDMUNDS ISLAMIC CULTURAL ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1158903 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BICO

We seek to provide a range of services for local Muslims to engage within the wider community of Bury St Edmunds & West Suffolk. We believe in putting people first and serving all communities, irrespective of faith, gender and ethnicity. We are for social inclusion, education, respect and are for building a tolerant and stronger Britain.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH ATTACHED HERETO AND BY:-•ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE FOR THE MUSLIM POPULATION OF BURY ST EDMUND;•PROMOTING RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS IN ORDER TO FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE LEADING TO SOCIAL COHESION AND SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS A BETTER SOCIETY; AND•ADVANCING AWARENESS OF ISLAMIC VALUES AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF BURY ST EDMUNDS THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES AND PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE RELIGIOUS BOOKS, TRACTS, FILMS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: BURY ST EDMUND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £191,375 for the year ended 28 February 2025, driven by donations of £217,776 against charitable expenditure of £26,608. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £267,456 but explicitly states it has no policy of holding reserves as this is considered unnecessary. The charity acquired a freehold building valued at £399,611, resulting in net current liabilities of £132,155, though the trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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 £400k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JASMILI BIN ABDUL RASHIDchair
• Forhad Mohammed Rouf
• Mohammed kachar

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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