Harlow Islamic Centre

Registered charity 298944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND ESSEX MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

To provide an islamic centre where muslims will have access to woship and learn islamic teachings.

Objects

THE BENEFIT OF MUSLIMS RESIDENT IN HARLOW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY: (I) ADVANCING THE MUSLIM RELIGION; (II) ADVANCING EDUCATION IN ART, LITERATURE, HISTORY AND CULTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF THE MUSLIM FAITH; (III) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Area of benefit: HARLOW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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 the charity generated £155,397 in income for the year ended 31 March 2025, an increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity aims to build unrestricted reserves to meet average annual operational needs, noting that these reserves have been continuously built from direct debit contributions. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties 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 5 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
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Abdul Khaliq
• BASHIR AHMED NIAZ
• ISLAM MAJID · trustee of 1 other charity
• Liquat Khan · trustee of 2 other charities
• SALEEM NAUUAB
• USMAN ASHIQ · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

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

• LEWISHAM ISLAMIC CENTRE income £1.1m
• JAMIAT-UL-MUSLEMEEN QUWAT-UL-ISLAM MASJED income £388k
• Hamad Bin Khalifa Islamic Centre income £134k
• MARKAZ UD DAWAT WAL IRSHAD LONDON UK MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE income £358k
• THE MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE OF BRENT income £9.5m
• THORNTON HEATH ISLAMIC CENTRE income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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