THE GREAT BARR MUSLIM FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1176449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GBMF

Catering for the social, educational, and spiritual needs of our community.Provision of Islamic educational services (Men, Women, and Children catered for), encouragement of social interaction via sports (footbal, badminton, basketball, etc) and ladies and mens social clubs.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE:A. TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROMOTING THE TEACHINGS AND TENETS OF ISLAM, PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ISLAMIC EDUCATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE QURÆAAN AND THE TEACHINGS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AND THE SAHABAH-E-KERAAM (R.A.A) ACCORDING TO THE INTERPRETATION AND ACCEPTED VIEW OF THE AHLE SUNNAH WAL JAMAA-AH AND AS EXPOUNDED BY THE SALAFUS SAALIHEEN (PIOUS PREDECESSORS) AND IN ACCORDANCE TO THE DOCTRINE OF ASHÆARI-MATURIDI AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 29 - INTERPRETATION, INCLUDING:THE DECLARATION THAT; THERE IS NO DEITY WORTHY OF WORSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH, AND THAT MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) IS THE FINAL MESSENGER OF ALLAH.THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOUR SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT BEING HANAFEE, SHAAFÆEE, HANBALEE, AND MALIKEE.THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SUNNAH OF THE FOUR RIGHTLY GUIDED CALIPHS OF ISLAM BEING ABU-BAKR, ÆUMAR, ÆUTHMAN AND ÆALI (MAY ALLAH BE PLEASE WITH ALL OF THEM).ALL WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL MATTERS, FOR THE MASJID/MADRESSA, MUST CONFORM TO THE ISLAMIC TEACHING AND PRACTICES OF THE DEOBANDI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT.B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSES, FACILITIES FOR NURSERY EDUCATION AND ANY SUCH ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.C. TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL AND FAITH GROUPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN WAYS THAT REDUCES CONFLICT AND CREATES TRUST, UNITY AND PEACE BETWEEN THEM.D. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SUFFERINGS AMONGST POOR PEOPLE, VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED, BY MEANS DECIDED FIT BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER DESERVING PARTS OF THE WORLD.E. THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, GENDER, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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 · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income exceeded operating expenditure for the year ended 31st August 2025, resulting in cash reserves of £256,968. The trustees report that the charity aims to keep reserves to cover the costs of its activities. No specific reserves policy target is disclosed in the filing.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — GBMF (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BASHURAT ALI
• JAWAID YAKOOB FCA
• MOHAMMAD HANIF
• MOHAMMAD KUTI MIAH

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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

• MUSLIM SPORTS FOUNDATION income £366k
• MADINA MOSQUE AND MUSLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE income £137k
• THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £348k
• THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION income £210k
• ABRAR ISLAMIC FOUNDATION income £318k
• BRACKNELL ISLAMIC CULTURAL SOCIETY income £399k

Side by side with its peers

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