WINCHESTER MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (WMCA)

Registered charity 1210318 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of prayer facilities, education classes, inter-faith initiatives, partnership working, community development and poverty relief.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN WINCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, INFORMATION PROVISION AND ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING BUILDINGS FOR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND OTHER RELIGIOUS USE IN ORDER TO ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ISLAMIC RELIGION AND LANGUAGE AND THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF MUSLIMS IN GENERAL. 3. TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE CONSISTENT WITH THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£56k

Latest spending

£49k

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £937,839, a significant increase from the prior year's £930,729, indicating a stable financial position. Operating costs are primarily funded by community donations and charitable activities, with total income of £56,146 and expenditure of £49,036 resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations, with no material uncertainties reported by the independent examiner.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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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 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 10

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WINCHESTER MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £700k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/11/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Naeem Mahmoodchair
Ahmed Sabbir Moon
Imdadur Khan
Khaled Rahman
Mohammed Babul Miah
Shafiul Hussain
Shoab Chowdhury
Syed Rosul

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£56k	£49k

Common questions

Is WINCHESTER MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (WMCA) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £937,839, a significant increase from the prior year's £930,729, indicating a stable financial position. Operating costs are primarily funded by community donations and charitable activities, with total income of £56,146 and expenditure of £49,036 resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations, with no material uncertainties reported by the independent examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CMA WELFARE TRUST.

THE CMA WELFARE TRUST income £2.0m
WOODFORD MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTRE LTD income £250k
WYCOMBE MULTICULTURAL ORGANISATION income £183k
HEATHROW MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE income £188k
WAVERLEY & RUSHMOOR MUSLIM ASSOCIATION income £31k
WEST WALES ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WINCHESTER MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (WMCA)	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CMA WELFARE TRUST FY2026	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFORD MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTRE LTD FY2025	£250k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WYCOMBE MULTICULTURAL ORGANISATION FY2026	£183k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEATHROW MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£188k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WAVERLEY & RUSHMOOR MUSLIM ASSOCIATION FY2025	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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