
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  01-04-2025   Period start date To 31-03-2026   Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Salaam Education Centre** 

## **Charity registration number: 1193514** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Advace in the Islamic Faith – Place of Worship.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Holding of services and meetings, religious and<br>supplementary education, maintaining a library<br>of Islamic literature, outreach and pastoral care.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Yes fully|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|4.1  To advance in the Islamic faith for the<br>public benefit.<br>4.2  To advance into education for the public in<br>particular but not exclusively by the provision<br>of supplementary classes, IT training and<br>language classes.<br>4.3  To establish such charitable purposes for<br>the public benefit as are exclusively charitable<br>according to the laws of England and Wales as<br>the trustees may from time to time determine.<br>4.4 To encourage and help members of the local<br>muslim community in performing their<br>congregational prayers, celebrating holy days,<br>and to learn about Islam through organised talks<br>and conferences.<br>4.5  The Centre shall help and encourage local<br>muslim collaboration to build and run the<br>Centre, Mosques.<br>4.6  To provide the unity of the congregation<br>and muslims in general.<br>4.7  To co-operate with other organisations<br>having similar aims to further the objectives of<br>the Centre.<br>4.8  To ensure an Islamic atmosphere of peace<br>and kindness.<br>4.9 To Promote peace and harmony with all the<br>community in Blackburn and beyond,<br>regardless to whether they are muslims, people<br>of any faith, male or female.<br>4.10  The Centre shall encourage and establish<br>the five congregational daily prayers at the<br>Centre.<br>4.11  The Centre shall endeavor to hold Islamic<br>gatherings, Islamic study session, conferences,<br>talks and the like.<br>4.12  The Centre shall maintain a library on<br>Islamic literature|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||





|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Stable|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No Reserve Held|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||CIO Trust Deed|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Constitution Trust Deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO - Trustees|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Appointment by current Trustees|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Salaam Education Centre|
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|Registered charity number|1193514|
|Charity’s principal address|189 Pasture Lane<br>Bradford BD7 2SQ<br>West Yorkshire|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Yahya Bismillah|Chairman|Whole Year|N/A|
||Yasin Ahmed Patel|Secretary|Whole Year|N/A|
||Irfan Hussain|Treasurer|Whole Year|N/A|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **||
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|**Yahya Bismillah **|**Whole Year **||
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Yahya Bismillah **Full name(s)** Yahya Bsmillah **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 07/8/2026 

