CHATHAM AND ROCHESTER MUSLIM COMMITTEE

Registered charity 1193321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHATHAM AND ROCHESTER MUSLIM COMMUNITY, MASJID-UL-ABRAAR

PROVISION OF ISLAMIC CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PUBLIC

Objects

(I) 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 QURÃAAN AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) AS DEFINED AND INTERPRETED BY THE HANAFI DEOBANDI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT (ÔDOCTRINEÖ);(II) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG THE POOR, THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, VICTIMS OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS AND PEOPLE IN NEED, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS,EQUIPMENT, TREATMENT, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID PERSONS.

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 for the year ended 30/06/2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the keeping of accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts. The examiner stated they had no concerns requiring further attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £262k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2022)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shahidur Rahmanchair
• ABDUL AZIM
• IKBAL AHMED

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GHAUSIA MOSQUE.

• GHAUSIA MOSQUE income £248k
• ISLAMIC EDUCATION CENTRE income £232k
• ALMARKAZ UL ISLAMI LTD income £460k
• AL RISAALAH MOSQUE AND ISLINGTON ISLAMIC CENTRE income £310k
• Luton Islamic Centre income £168k
• COVENTRY EDUCATION & CULTURAL CENTRE income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.