THE MUSLIM SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI JAMAAT OF ESSEX

Registered charity 299621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Islamic Religion

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE JAMAAT SHALL BE TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI SECT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG MUSLIMS OF THE SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI FAITH.

Area of benefit: CHELMSFORD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £3,792,194, with unrestricted funds of £502,828 and restricted funds of £3,289,366. The charity reported a net income of £134,758 for the year, derived from donations and investment income, against total expenditure of £119,472. The trustees' report confirms the charity continued its activities without indicating any financial instability or going concern issues.

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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Muslim Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Essex (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~91.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MOHAMED TAKI MERALI
• Minaz Kapasi
• Mohamed Fayyaz Haji · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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
• AHLUL ISTIQAMAH TRUST UK income £160k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• MANCHESTER ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD income £4.6m
• THE ESSEX JAMME MASJID TRUST income £413k
• KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY (BAQUIR) LIMITED income £703k

Side by side with its peers

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