RAINHAM COMMUNITY SOCIAL & CULTURAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1197476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Social and Cultural Activities

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN THE RAINHAM AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, THE PUBLICCELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE ON THE ISLAMIC FAITH TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF RAINHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

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 · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Havering, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£63k
Latest spending
£30k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £139,827, comprising £135,400 in restricted funds and £4,427 in unrestricted reserves. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months. Unrestricted reserves decreased significantly during the year due to a £132,000 transfer to the Mosque Building Fund.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary Donations (98% of income)
“Voluntary Donations 58,627 98.32%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to meet short-term operating commitments and unexpected expenditure (reserves figure: £4k)
“The Charity maintains unrestricted reserves sufficient to meet short-term operating commitments and unexpected expenditure while maximising the funds available for charitable activities.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2025 (received 14/09/2026, 198 days after the 28/02/2026 due date); year ending 30/04/2024 (received 06/03/2025, 6 days after the 28/02/2025 due date); year ending 30/04/2023 (received 30/07/2024, 152 days after the 29/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£63k£30k
30/04/2024£113k£9k
30/04/2023£455£250

Common questions

Is RAINHAM COMMUNITY SOCIAL & CULTURAL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £139,827, comprising £135,400 in restricted funds and £4,427 in unrestricted reserves. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months. Unrestricted reserves decreased significantly during the year due to a £132,000 transfer to the Mosque Building Fund. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RAINHAM COMMUNITY SOCIAL & CULTURAL CENTRE£63k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MUSLIMS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt
HEATHROW MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£188k——unclear—no doubt
CANTERBURY MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTRE FY2024£201k—0unclear—no doubt
RAYNHAM WAY COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt

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