Forest Gate Central Masjid

Registered charity 293676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BANGLA DESH SHOMITY, THE BANGLADESH MUSLIM SHOMITY, THE BANGLADESH SHOMITY

Religious foundation and school

Objects

A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE BENGALI COMMUNITY ESPECIALL CHILDREN. B. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE. C. TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM.

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 · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,666,208, with unrestricted reserves of the same amount. The filing notes no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04846554

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MUSTAFA, Gulam — director, appointed 01/11/2019on trustee list
• ALI, Wahid — director, appointed 08/10/2016on trustee list
• MIAH, Shukurali Suna — director, appointed 08/10/2016on trustee list
• ROKIB, Abdul — director, appointed 17/09/2003on trustee list
• ALI, Wahid — secretary, appointed 17/08/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 57.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABDUL ROKIB
• GULAM MUSTAFA
• SHUKURALI SUNA MIAH
• WAHID ALI

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREENGATE JAMIA MASJID.

• GREENGATE JAMIA MASJID income £117k
• RAZA JAMIA MASJID AND ISLAMIC CENTRE income £1.9m
• MARKAZUL-ULOOM-AL-ISLAMIYYA income £187k
• ISLAMIC CENTRE OF ENGLAND LIMITED income £635k
• AL RISAALAH MOSQUE AND ISLINGTON ISLAMIC CENTRE income £310k
• THE ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE ZAKARIYYA JAAM'E MASJID income £972k

Side by side with its peers

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