MASJID ABU BAKR WALTHAMSTOW

Registered charity 1190878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MASJID ABU BAKR

MASJID ABU BAKR IS PLACE OF WORSHIP, IT OFFERS FAMILY EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, MARRIAGE SERVICES AND BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING AND LEGAL ADVICE. THE MASJID STANDS AS A PILLAR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HELPS CONNECT DIVERSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT WITHIN ALL FAITH COMMUNITIES.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN WALTHAMSTOW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF THE SUNNI HANAFI DEOBANDI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A MASJID AND THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION.

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 the charity generated a surplus of £196,990 for the year, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £2,677,666. However, the trustees report that cash at bank of £144,805 is below their stated policy target of approximately £134,000 (which represents six months of expenses excluding depreciation), noting they are actively planning to raise funds to meet this standard. The charity also holds an investment property valued at £675,000 and has significant creditors of £571,485, largely comprised of interest-free loans from the community.

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 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £560k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mohammed Asim Razaqchair
• Iftikhar Ali
• Imran Majid
• Kamran Anwar
• MOHSIN VAID
• Mohsin Sheikh
• Sayed Jamaal Rashid

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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