TREFOREST CULTURAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1204209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:-TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN PONTYPRIDD FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:-1. PROVIDING A PLACE OF WORSHIP, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND PASTORAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY;2. SPREADING THE KNOWLEDGE, TEACHINGS, AND SPIRIT OF ISLAM AS PREACHED AND EXEMPLIFIED BY THE QURAN AND SUNNAH OF PROPHET MOHAMMED (P.B.U.H); 3. ENCOURAGING AND HELPING MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN PERFORMING THEIR CONGREGATION DAILY PRAYERS, CELEBRATING THEIR HOLY DAYS (ACCORDING TO QURAN AND SUNNAH), AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ISLAM THOROUGH ORGANIZED TALKS AND CONFERENCES; 4. HELPING AND ENCOURAGING LOCAL MUSLIM COLLABORATION TO BUILD AND RUN THE MASJID(S), SCHOOLS, ISLAMIC CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE(S) AND THE LIKE;5. PROMOTING PEACE AND THE UNITY OF MUSLIMS;6. CO-OPERATING AND WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS HAVING SIMILAR AIMS; 7. PROMOTING PEACE AND HARMONY WITH ALL THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE NON-MUSLIMS; 8. ENCOURAGING AND ESTABLISHING THE FIVE CONGREGATIONAL DAILY PRAYERS AT ITS HEADQUARTERS;9. ENDEAVOURING TO HOLD ISLAMIC GATHERINGS, ISLAMIC STUDY SESSION, CONFERENCES, TALKS AND THE LIKE;10. PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF MUSLIM STUDENTS WHO SHALL BE EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN ISLAMIC RULES LAID DOWN TO GOVERN THEIR STAYING IN THE ACCOMMODATION; AND11. MAINTAINING A LIBRARY ON ISLAMIC LITERATURE;NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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: Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £11,131 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £71,888. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and had no related party transactions or trustee remuneration during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Khalid Karimchair
• Bara Ashi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Mohamed Elsharoud

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cultural Philanthropy Foundation Limited.

• Cultural Philanthropy Foundation Limited income £39k
• THREE TREES COMMUNITY CENTRE income £124k
• THE BENEFICE OF PENSHURST AND FORDCOMBE income £107k
• FAIRFIELDS PTFA income £26k
• RIVERSIDE ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE income £119k
• THE WOODFIELD FOUNDATION income £106k

Side by side with its peers

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