THE MUSLIM KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI COMMUNITY OF PETERBOROUGH

Registered charity 273130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. To promote the Shia Shariat of the Islamic religion as intepreted by the Shia Ithna-Asheri through the Holy Mujtahid of the Shia Ithna-Asheri both in the city of Peterborough and beyond.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI JAFFERI FAITH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Peterborough, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £10,559,943, with unrestricted funds of £10,339,315 significantly exceeding the stated reserves policy target of approximately £50,000. Although the group reported a net deficit for the year of £31,888, the Trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue as a going concern. The charity relies on investment properties and donations, with no trustee remuneration paid during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Deitch Cooper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HIC Peterborough (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (47% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abbas Walji
• MOHAMED ABBAS KARIM
• Nazir Virji
• SAJJAD ALI JAFFER

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSLIM KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI COMMUNITY OF LEICESTER.

• MUSLIM KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI COMMUNITY OF LEICESTER income £1.0m
• THE KHOJA SHIA ITHNAASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF LONDON income £7.2m
• KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHRI (SOUTH LONDON) JAMAAT income £1.4m
• KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM income £3.0m
• THE MUSLIM SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI JAMAAT OF ESSEX income £254k
• IMAMIA MISSION EAST LONDON UK LTD income £60k

Side by side with its peers

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