MUSLIM EDUCATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1198742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MASJID BUKHARI

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 "Doctrine" being the teachings of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

Objects

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 DOCTRINE BEING THE TEACHINGS OF THE QURAAN AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) AS DEFINED AND INTERPRETED BY THE AHLE SUNNAH WAL JAMAAH SCHOOL OF THOUGHT.

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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Registered contact address: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£72k

Latest spending

£11k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £75,289, comprising £75,115 in unrestricted funds and £174 in restricted funds. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted reserves are maintained to cover at least three months of operating expenditure once costs are incurred, and the charity aims to distribute restricted Zakat funds as soon as possible within the year received. No independent audit opinion is present as the statements are explicitly described as 'unaudited'.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating expenditure (reserves figure: £75k)

“Unrestricted funds - Once the charity starts incurring costs it will maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least three months of operating expenditure.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 5

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GULAM AHMED OMARJI MAKADAMchair
Feizal Mussa
ISMAIL GULAM MAKADAM
MOHAMMED ISMAIL DAKRI · trustee of 1 other charity
YUSUF ISMAIL

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£72k	£11k
31/03/2024	£20k	£7k
31/03/2023	£0	£0

Common questions

Is MUSLIM EDUCATION CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £75,289, comprising £75,115 in unrestricted funds and £174 in restricted funds. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted reserves are maintained to cover at least three months of operating expenditure once costs are incurred, and the charity aims to distribute restricted Zakat funds as soon as possible within the year received. No independent audit opinion is present as the statements are explicitly described as 'unaudited'.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£93k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARKAZ MUAADH IBN JABAL ISLAMIC CENTRE.

MARKAZ MUAADH IBN JABAL ISLAMIC CENTRE income £533k
ISLAMIC EDUCATION CENTRE AND MOSQUE income £70k
MUSLIM COMMUNITY & EDUCATION CENTRE (MCEC) income £808k
MUSLIM EDUCATION CENTRE AND WELFARE TRUST income £289k
EVINGTON MUSLIM EDUCATION TRUST income £857k
MUSLIM EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (GUILDFORD) income £54k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MUSLIM EDUCATION CENTRE	£72k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARKAZ MUAADH IBN JABAL ISLAMIC CENTRE FY2025	£533k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ISLAMIC EDUCATION CENTRE AND MOSQUE FY2025	£70k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MUSLIM COMMUNITY & EDUCATION CENTRE (MCEC) FY2025	£808k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MUSLIM EDUCATION CENTRE AND WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£289k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EVINGTON MUSLIM EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£857k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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