GAMBIAN ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1174827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

There are many activities that take place at the mosque in the form of education and training, support in regards to economic development/employment, community development and recreation. These activities are facilitated through the provision of a building/buildings/facilities/open space, providing the required services and equipment and through the provision of advocacy and advice

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN THE WEST MIDLANDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS.2. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WEST MIDLANDS 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.3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £445,155 (2024: £412,910), driven by voluntary income of £71,663 against total expenditure of £35,550. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £213,183 and restricted funds of £230,210, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• LAMIN YAFFAchair
• Baba Musa Njie
• Malik Oluwafemi Kesington
• NAKEBBA TAAL
• SANKUNG KONTEH JABBI
• YOUSUF YAFFA

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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