COMMUNITY FUNERAL RELIEF

Registered charity 1190713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COF

Community Funeral Relief provides funeral services to Muslim members of the East African Community living in the United Kingdom-including advice about what to do when someone dies and arranging their funeral. COF assists its community members to help each other in dealing with the death of a loved one and covering the costs of their funeral. For more information please visit www.cofrelief.co.uk

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (ÔTHE OBJECTSÖ) ARE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM:(A) TO ADVANCE THE FAITH AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF ISLAM BY PROVIDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE NOBLE QURÆAN AND THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, MAY ALLAH BLESS HIM AND GRANT HIM PEACE, FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MUSLIMS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ASSISTING THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN BEREAVED IN:(I) COMPLYING WITH ALL LEGAL FORMALITIES WHICH APPLY WHEN SOMEONE DIES;(II) PREPARING THE BODY OF A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHO HAS DIED FOR BURIAL;(III) CARRYING OUT THE FUNERAL OF THE DECEASED; AND(B) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY ASSISTING IN:(I) CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COSTS INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THESE SERVICES; AND(II) PROVIDING THESE SERVICES FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE NO KNOWN SURVIVING RELATIVES.

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 total unrestricted reserves increased to £153,149, up from £122,427 in the prior year, following a net income of £30,722. The charity reported no staff costs or salaries, with charitable activities expenditure totaling £44,003. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts complied with statutory requirements.

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MBARAK HUSSEIN MBARAKchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ABUBAKAR HAMAD
• AISHA OMAR
• ALI MKUBWA SAID
• Bimu Hassan Abdallah
• FAHMI MASOUD SAID
• FARIDA MOHAMMED ALLY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MALIK MAHMUD OMAR
• SALIM AMAR SAAD · trustee of 1 other charity
• SAMIRA MOHAMED YAHYA

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

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