IMAM ALI FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:A) the advancement of education and religion with particular emphasis on religious studies and IslamB) the relief of poverty, sickness and distress,C) the provision of facilities, for those who practice the Islamic faith in the interests of social welfare and with the aim of improving conditions of life of the beneficiaries

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RELIGION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND ISLAM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CREEDS OF ITHNA ASHARI SHIA MUSLIM FAITH.3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR AMONGST PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CREEDS OF ITHNA ASHARI SHIA MUSLIM FAITH;3.1.3 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, FOR THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO PRACTICE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CREEDS OF ITHNA ASHARI SHIA MUSLIM FAITH ("THE BENEFICIARIES") IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,674,412, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months of direct and operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Merali's. 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £523k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (19/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SYED MURTAZA ALI RIZVIchair
• ALLA MOHAMMED HUSSEIN AMIN
• AMJED RIYADH
• Dr Hassanali Mohammedali Mamdani H M
• Dr Said Reda Bakir
• MOHAMED AMER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL KHIDMAH FOUNDATION.

• AL KHIDMAH FOUNDATION income £164k
• ABRAR ISLAMIC FOUNDATION income £318k
• IMAM HUSSEIN CHARITY income £615k
• KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM income £3.0m
• MIRZA SHARIF AHMAD FOUNDATION income £1.0m
• ANJUMAN-E-ISHA-AT-E-ISLAM income £373k

Side by side with its peers

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