WEST BERKSHIRE MUSLIM CENTRE

Registered charity 1163865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WBMS, WEST BERKSHIRE MUSLIM SOCIETY

Our Vision is to have a facility where we can establish the following services:? Prayer facilities? Ramadan activities? Eid Celebration? Islamic, Maths and English education? Community activities? Youth Club? Social Activities? Representation within statutory services

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES AND PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS. 2. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WEST BERKSHIRE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's operations are funded primarily by individual donations and event support, with unrestricted reserves of £24,894 at year-end. The trustees' report notes that finances are regularly reviewed and any shortcomings would be addressed through fundraising campaigns, while restricted funds are limited in their recourse for emergencies. No material uncertainties or going-concern issues are explicitly disclosed, though the charity relies on volunteer labor and has not yet secured a permanent facility.

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 3 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — West Berkshire Muslim Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ahmed Maher Abdelwahed
• Leigh Polding
• Mazher Masud Qazi
• Nokhaz Yaqub
• Umar Mahmood Butt

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

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