ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GLOUCESTER
Providing a place of worship and other facilities for prayer meetings, religious ceremonies, funeral services, and public celebration of religious festivals in Gloucester; Provision of Islamic religious education and producing and/or distributing material, holding events about Islam in order to enlightened others about the Islamic religion; Welfare Projects such as Food Banks & Soup Kitchens.
Objects
1.TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH AL-QURAN AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMED (PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND FOLLOWING THE AHL- UL-HADITH CREED AND METHODOLOGY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. PROVIDING A PLACE OF WORSHIP AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR PRAYER MEETINGS, RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES, FUNERAL SERVICES, AND PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS IN GLOUCESTER AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS;B. PROVISION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING MATERIAL, HOLDING EVENTS ABOUT ISLAM IN ORDER TO ENLIGHTENED OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION; C. THE PROMOTION OF MULTICULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS IN ORDER TO FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERATION;D. PROVIDING WELFARE PROJECTS SUCH AS FOOD BANKS AND SOUP KITCHENS;E. PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS, AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIVE POVERTY.2. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity had dormant accounts during the period, with unrestricted reserves of £17,426 carried forward from the previous year. The charity raised £66,679 in incoming resources and spent £66,081, resulting in a slight net increase in cash funds. The trustees report that few activities occurred as the charity focused on finding and finalizing an appropriate building for its operations.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- 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
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- 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
- SALMAN AHSAN BUTT KHAWAJAchair
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- MUHAMMAD ARIF
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £67k | £66k |
| 31/03/2024 | £55k | £37k |
| 31/03/2023 | £7k | £873 |
Common questions
Is ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GLOUCESTER financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had dormant accounts during the period, with unrestricted reserves of £17,426 carried forward from the previous year. The charity raised £66,679 in incoming resources and spent £66,081, resulting in a slight net increase in cash funds. The trustees report that few activities occurred as the charity focused on finding and finalizing an appropriate building for its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.