Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 12

MUSLIM CHARITIES FORUM

The Muslim Charities Forum is an umbrella organisation for Muslim-led international NGOs, based in the UK. Since our inception in 2007 we have promoted collaborative working and knowledge sharing while supporting our member organisations through advocacy, training and research.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£476	£451	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22	£347	£504	£-157	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21	£513	£238	£275	£0	£387	£147	7.4	2	15
31/03/20	£183	£213	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19	£159	£157	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	£137	£132	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£223	£182	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 23%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000

Established: 8 years

www.muslimcharitiesforum.org.uk

chairman@muslimcharitiesforum.org.uk

02033369704

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Comic Relief	£288,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£70,000
The London Community Foundation	£30,600
Tudor Trust	£27,500
UK Community Foundations	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Bridges of Hope Development Programme / Core Costs
£45,000	22/10/2022	Core funding to enable MCF to increase its support for and advocacy on behalf of the Muslim charity sector
Tudor Trust - Grant to Muslim Charities Forum
£27,500	15/04/2021	over one year towards core costs and organisational development work at an infrastructure charity supporting Muslim charities across the UK
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Mapping social good by Muslim Charities in the UK
£25,000	12/02/2021 12	To map Muslim organisations in the UK, their contribution and challenges with a view to strengthening the sector as a whole.
Comic Relief - Muslim Charities Forum: Support, Connect, Represent Covid19
£288,000	26/01/2021	COVID19 - The Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) is the network of British Muslim charities working for social good at home and abroad, established in 2007. Our purpose is to contribute to a more just and ....more COVID19 - The Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) is the network of British Muslim charities working for social good at home and abroad, established in 2007. Our purpose is to contribute to a more just and sustainable world by improving the impact, effectiveness, and coordination of the British Muslim charitable sector. Journey of funds: National Emergencies Trust and The Clothworkers’ Foundation funds to Comic Relief, Comic Relief to intermediary partners, and intermediary partners to grassroots organisations. Co-funded by National Emergencies Trust, Esmee Fairburn Foundation and The Clothworkers’ Foundation (with the amount of £225,607.05)
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Muslim Charities Forum
£10,000	08/01/2021	A 6-week extension of the existing strategic and collaborative partnership with LCF for the following: • To ensure LCF’s grant making reflects the needs of all of London’s communities • To ....more A 6-week extension of the existing strategic and collaborative partnership with LCF for the following: • To ensure LCF’s grant making reflects the needs of all of London’s communities • To invest in infrastructure that support’s London’s diverse communities • To learn from new partnerships and share insights to continue to improve our mutual impact • To provide a collective voice to funding and donor partners about the needs of London’s communities, particularly now post COVID-19 Please see Annex 1 for details of the project extension outputs.
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£20,000	21/08/2020	Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Muslim Charities Forum
£20,600	13/07/2020	The funding is for the Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) to continue our campaign for national solidarity, #TogetherWeCan, bringing together local, national and international NGOs. This collaborative ....more The funding is for the Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) to continue our campaign for national solidarity, #TogetherWeCan, bringing together local, national and international NGOs. This collaborative programme manages the pooling of expertise and resources between charities to support those affected by COVID-19 in the UK.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

DR HANY ABDEL GAWAD EL-BANNA Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeships: WORLD HUMANITARIAN ACTION FORUM, MUSLIM MEDIA FORUM, YEMEN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM,

HAMEED AL-ASALY Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: EMAAN TRUST OF SHEFFIELD, EUROPE MUSLIM ASSOCIATION,

JAVERIA HASHMI Appointed: 2024

MADIHA RAZA Appointed: 2019

MOAZZAM MALIK (Chair) Appointed: 2022

MUKHTAR AMIRALI KARIM Appointed: 2023

SHUAIB YUSAF Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: AL-KARIM FOUNDATION,

SAFFA MIR Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: IHSAN FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION,

SHAHID BASHIR Appointed: 2024

TUFAIL HUSSAIN KHAN Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2016, number: 1166149

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

6 Whitehorse Mews
37 Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7QD

Objectives

A. to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities (in particular but without limitation muslim led charities) based in the United Kingdom, and the effective use of their charitable resources, in particular but not exclusively by: 1 promoting cooperation and coordination among such charities; 2 providing representation and advocacy on behalf of such charities; 3 providing and exchanging information, guidance, education, training, technical and professional support and assistance; 4 promoting and undertaking research into the efficiency of charities and disseminating the useful results. and 5. Providing services or making grants and donations to assist charities to develop their activities, projects and services or other as the trustees may determine in their absolute discretion from time to time.

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