SRI LANKAN MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTRE UK

Registered charity 1164657 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SRI LANKAN MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTRE

To advance the Islamic religion, to provide education to the community, to relieve those who are in conditions of poverty, sickness and distress or those who are otherwise in charitable needs.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE :1. TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH SHAFI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT AND SUNNATH WAL JAMMATH.2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE ISLAMIC AND SECULAR EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN THE UK IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:(A) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.3. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY WORLDWIDE BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR OTHER CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £4,289,570, exceeding the trustees' policy target of holding funds equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £161,974 and holds no long-term investments, with cash reserves maintained in current accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Reddy Siddiqui LLP. Discloses 5 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £780k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~80.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (53% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abdul Rahman Munawarchair
• Faik Faizeen
• MOHAMED ILYAS MOHAMED IMRAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mohamed Akram Mohamed Basheer
• Mohamed Asif Nawas
• Mohamed Lafeer Mohamed Mowsoop
• Mohamed Sifan Naeem
• Mohamed Zahran Hussain
• Mubeen Muhammed Mubarak
• NAUFAL MOHAMED
• Nifal Farook
• Sabry Mohamed Siddeeque
• Segu Uthuman MOHAMED LAREEF
• Sinan Mohamed Shabeen

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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