UNDERSTANDING ISLAM UK

Charity number: 1107962
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Charity arranges educational activities for adults and children. It also arranges public meetings inviting guest speakers from UK or abroad. It maintains a website for the benefit of general public and its members where it also provides a QnA service about issues related to Islam. It gives financial grants to research and educational institutes including religious and non-religious institutions.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2025

Total income: £17,645
Total expenditure: £20,813

People

3 Trustee(s)

3 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 04 February 2005: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • EDUCATING ISLAM (Previous name)
  • THE ISLAMIC FORUM (Previous name)
  • UNDERSTANDING ISLAM UK (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr KHALID IQBAL Chair 01 January 2017
None on record
DR Khurram Masood Trustee 01 January 2017
None on record
DR MUJAHID ZAHEER Trustee 12 April 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024 05/04/2025
Total gross income £11.18k £16.61k £8.29k £8.63k £17.65k
Total expenditure £6.87k £13.75k £4.67k £12.90k £20.81k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 05 April 2025 20 November 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2025 Not required
Annual return 05 April 2024 03 February 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 Not required
Annual return 05 April 2023 20 February 2024 15 days late
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 Not required
Annual return 05 April 2022 03 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 Not required
Annual return 05 April 2021 02 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 DECEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED 22 APRIL 2005, 25 NOVEMBER 2005, 10 NOVEMBER 2006 AND 24 OCTOBER 2009. AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 27 FEB 2016

Charitable objects

THE ORGANISATION’S OBJECTIVES ARE: (1). THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MESSAGE OF ISLAM AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE COLLECTIVITY OF THE COMPANIONS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD(PBUH) PASSED ON TO THE SUBSEQUENT MUSLIM GENERATIONS, SOLELY THROUGH INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND DIALOGUE; USING ONLY NON POLITICAL MEANS. (2). TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ISLAMIC CENTRE SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR ALL AND SUNDRY WITH A VIEW TO INSTILL HARMONY AMONG DIFFERENT MUSLIM GROUPS AND INCULCATE PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THOSE WHO FOLLOW FAITH AND THOSE WHO DON’T. (3). TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TO CHILDREN ENSURING THAT THEY BECOME PEACE LOVING, CARING AND CIVILISED CITIZENS OF BRITISH SOCIETY. PROVISION OF SUCH EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WILL BE PART OF THE ISLAMIC CENTRE. (4). TO PROMOTE INTEGRATION AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

PRIMARILY IN THE UK

Contact information

Address:
10 Quarry Clough
Stalybridge
SK15 2RW
Phone:
07810808976
Email:
Info@uiuk.org
Website:

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