COLCHESTER ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 293712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of mosque and associated facilities for residents of Colchester and nearby towns/villages as well as visitors to this area, in addition to educational classes, events and meetings for general public.

Objects

The CICA's object shall be: 1. To advance the religion of Islam (Sunni doctrines) and offer religious services to the Muslim Community in order to promote Islamic culture and teachings; 2. To foster shared understanding in order to promote community cohesion, peace, racial harmony and tolerance necessary to develop and sustain better community relations;. 3. To provide humanitarian service to people affected by poverty, war, flood, famine and other natural disasters and enhance the quality of their life locally and internationally; 4. To offer advice, information, help and support to wider community and extend bridges of cooperation amongst different communities and work for the common good.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased from £801,093 to £845,381, driven by a net income of £44,288 against charitable expenditure of £136,183 and other income of £18,440. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £845,381 with no stated reserves policy target or pension deficits disclosed.

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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Colchester Islamic Cultural Association (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Muhammad Hussainchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Abdul Mutakabbir · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ashraf Ali · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dawan Abdul Ansar Quddus · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dilu Miah · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jamil Hussin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Md Shahidul Islam · trustee of 1 other charity
• Muhammed Abdul Mukith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheikh Mamun · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLCHESTER ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• COLCHESTER ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE income £223k
• CHESTER SHAH JALAL JAME MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTRE income £164k
• COLCHESTER JAMIAH MASJID CIO income £177k
• AL RISAALAH MOSQUE AND ISLINGTON ISLAMIC CENTRE income £310k
• COLCHESTER UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• ISLAMIC CULTURAL AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION income £470k

Side by side with its peers

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