Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK) Woking Muslim Mission Heritage
(AAIIL–UK: Registered Charity No. 1195956)
Darus Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, Greater London HA0 4JQ Telephone: 020 8903 2689 E-mail: aaiil.uk@gmail.com
Annual Report for the year 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025
This incorporated charity, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK), was registered at the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 28th September 2021. It replaces the unincorporated charity, The Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK), Reg. no. 278963. It works from 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, which is a property owned by the charity Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore Foundation (no. 1176126). The AAIIL-UK uses this centre under a licence agreement with the Foundation to carry out its objects, which are identical with those of the Foundation.
1. Monthly Meetings
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An open meeting of members and guests, at which usually two talks are given, is held at our Centre on the first Sunday of most months, starting at 3.00 pm. The meetings can also be joined on Zoom, and are also broadcast in audio on the Internet radio Mixlr. Recorded talks are made available to those who could not attend. During the month of Ramadan and close to the two annual Eids, the monthly meetings are replaced by Ramadan and Eid gatherings. The August monthly meeting is replaced by an outdoor social gathering.
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During the period of this report, monthly meetings took place in 2024/2025 on: 5th May, 7th July, 8th September, 6th October, 3rd November, 1st December, 5th January and 2nd February. At three of these meetings, the main speaker was a member of a foreign branch (6th October: Guyana, 1st December: Germany and 2nd February: Trinidad).
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Some of our female members hold a monthly meeting over Zoom to discuss current issues and how to respond to them in the light of the teachings of Islam and our Movement. The discussions also consider modern, academic research on the same issues.
2. Other regular religious functions
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Eid-ul-Adha during the period of this report was held on 16 June 2024 and broadcast on our radio channel.
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The Daily Ramadan Quran Studies were produced in March 2025, as every year. The audio narrations of the text of the slides were done by three of our well-spoken members, and a video of the slides was produced. As in previous years, the studies were circulated daily to a wide mailing list of people in the UK and abroad, and uploaded to a YouTube channel (Ahmadiyya.Lahore). These were much appreciated, both by our members and friends around the world and general viewers on YouTube who left encouraging comments.
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During Ramadan, fast-ending gatherings were held for four Saturdays at our Wembley Centre, at which a talk was given before ending the fast. Special attention was paid to Friday khutbas and prayers. These were all broadcast on Internet radio Mixlr on our channel ‘Lahore Ahmadiyya UK’.
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Eid-ul-Fitr was held on 31st March 2025. Members raised more than £1600 for our funds. For the hospitality during Ramadan and at Eid-ul-Fitr, members met the catering costs fully by donations.
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Friday khutbas (sermons) and prayers in general were broadcast live in audio on Internet radio Mixlr on the channel ‘Lahore Ahmadiyya UK’. After each khutba had been delivered, the text was in most cases uploaded to our website www.aaiil.uk, and the audio was uploaded to our YouTube channel Ahmadiyya.Lahore.
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Our meetings and religious functions, as mentioned above, are also attended by invited guests, some from other faiths. We maintain harmonious relations with the local community around our Centre and offer our neighbours any help or assistance they may require.
3. Book free distribution and publication
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192 copies (in cases 8x24) of the English Translation of the Quran with abridged notes (2010 edition) were posted to each of our sister organisations in India and Guyana. These were sent free of cost and freight to the recipients. Total shipping cost to us was just over £1000.
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The compilation of a book Islam and Antisemitism was started during the last period of reporting. It dispels the grave misconception that Islam teaches its followers to bear hatred and enmity towards Jews. On the contrary, Islam recognises the validity of the prophets and scriptures of the Jews, and requires Muslims to come to their defence against antisemitism, whether it be verbal hate or physical persecution. The book also provides historical details to show that Muslims came to the rescue of Jews under persecution, from the time of the Spanish expulsion of the 1400/1500s to the Second World War and the Holocaust. The book was completed and released on Amazon as a print-on-demand book in September 2024. It was posted to a number of MPs in print and also electronically to the websites of some Jewish organisations.
4. Visits
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In September 2024 several members attended the centenary of our Lahore Centre’s mosque in Berlin, Germany. Our members donated a total of £4,700 towards the funding of the Berlin Mosque at this occasion.
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In March 2025 during Ramadan the President of Germany visited the Berlin Mosque at fastending time. Two of our members attended the function.
5. Building-related work at 15 Stanley Avenue
- Extensive repair, maintenance and renovation work was carried out inside and outside the building. Windows on first floor were replaced by modern double-glazing.
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Extra free car parking has now been arranged for our gatherings, in addition to our own parking spaces within the grounds of the building. Details are circulated to our members when notifying them of meetings and functions.
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A new, faster broadband was installed in the building in June 2024.
6. Flat 17D Stanley Avenue
- Further to last year’s report on the lease extension and the pending transfer of the ownership of this flat from the named former trustees of our predecessor unincorporated charity to our present CIO body, the transfer has now been completed and the Land Registry entry now shows the owner of this flat as Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK) CIO Reg. 1195956 as from 6 August 2024.
7. Administration
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A Google Workspace account, free for charities, has now been setup where all the charity’s documents are hosted online. These are accessible to all trustees. E-mails can be shared as well.
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Our former charity of the same name, under which we operated since the late 1970s till 2022, has now been decommissioned and removed from the Charity Commission register in February 2025.
8. Report on the work of Woking Muslim Mission Heritage
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We were invited by a documentary film production company to contribute interviews for a documentary they were making for broadcast on Al-Jazeera about early British Muslim converts associated with the Woking Muslim Mission. We were happy to participate. The filming was done in August 2024 at the Woking Mosque and Brookwood cemetery.
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A group of our members participated in the Brookwood Cemetery Open day on 7th September 2024. We had our own in-door stall displaying a large banner and literature, and old newsreel film clips were played on a laptop.
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We continued to help and advise researchers and enquirers who contact our websites, in particular the website of the Woking Muslim Mission.
Report produced by the Trustees, AAIIL (UK), 9 June 2025
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| Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK) | Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK) | Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK) | 1195956 |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||
| For the period from |
01.04.2024 | To | 31.03.2025 |
CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 10935 8055 5496 1894 2000 0 12375 1630 1709 0 44,093 - - - 44,093 6,777 9,223 13,285 942 2,170 521 1,433 1,097 3,854 5,310 236 44,847 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ 4,703 - - - - - - - - 4,703 - - - 4,703 - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 15638 8055 5496 1894 2000 0 12375 1630 1709 0 48,796 - - - 48,796 6,777 9,223 13,285 942 2,170 521 1,433 1,097 3,854 5,310 236 44,847 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Direct donations to bank a/c | 10935 | 12056 | |||
| Donations through CAF,before Gift Aid | 8055 | 9941 | |||
| HMRC Gift Aid for direct donations (for 1/5/2023 to 31/12/2024) |
5496 | 4008 | |||
| HMRC Gift Aid byCAF,before charges | 1894 | ||||
| Donation from the AALF charity | 2000 | 0 | |||
| Donations for cemetery plots | 0 | 4000 | |||
| Rent from flat 17D StanleyAvenue | 12375 | 11700 | |||
| Interest from bank accounts | 1630 | 1157 | |||
| Cash/cheque collections,book sales | 1709 | ||||
| Internet income | 0 | 18 | |||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
44,093 | 42,879 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Transfer of funds held by our previous, unincorporated charity,regd. 278963 |
- | 362 | |||
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| Sub total | - | 362 | |||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 43,241 | |||||
| Utilitybills | 6,777 | - | 6,777 | 7,820 | |
| Renovation/Maintenance of 15 Stanley Avenue(current expenditure) |
9,223 | - | 9,223 | 3,670 | |
| Building improvements at 15 Stanley Avenue(capital expenditure) |
13,285 | - | 13,285 | 8,857 | |
| Public liability/contents insurance premium | 942 | - | 942 | 912 | |
| Flat 17D lease/maintenance | 2,170 | - | 2,170 | 1,932 | |
| Donations to various charities | 521 | - | 521 | 660 | |
| Admin fees,Internet services | 1,433 | - | 1,433 | 404 | |
| Postage,stationary,bookpostage | 1,097 | - | 1,097 | 418 | |
| Hospitality for functions held at 15 Stanley Ave (£2834) and Ramadan/Eid catering (£1020) |
3,854 | 3,854 | |||
| Funds transfer to AALF charity | 5,310 | - | 5,310 | 1,375 | |
| CAF charges for Gift Aid | 236 | - | 236 | ||
| **Sub total ** | 44,847 | - | 44,847 | 26,048 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
- - - 44,847 - 754 72,052 71,297 |
- - - - 4,703 - - 4,703 |
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| Sub total Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 56,316 | ||||||
| - 754 | 4,703 | - | 3,949 | 47,809 | ||
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| 72,052 | - | - | 72,052 | 7,051 | ||
| 71,297 | 4,703 | - | 76,001 | 54,860 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
14/10/2025
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Natwest Reserve Account 80593712 Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Natwest Current Account 80564232 (main) Natwest Reserve Account 80564267 (Reserved fund for Berlin Mosque) Natwest Current Account 80564259 (Cemetery) Furniture, appliances, books and equipment kept at 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ Natwest 35-day Account 80717039 Details Details Details Flat 17D Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, and its appliances and furniture |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,412 - 24,493 - - 4,703 1,000 - 44,393 - 71,297 4,703 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - Print Name ZAHID AZIZ KEN MUSTAQ ALI |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
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| Current value (optional) |
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| 290,000 | |||
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| Current value (optional) |
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| 46,000 | |||
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| ZAHID AZIZ | 06/06/2025 | ||
| KEN MUSTAQ ALI | 06/06/2025 |
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
14/10/2025
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK) members of
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| On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
31.03.2025 | Charity no (if any) |
1195956 |
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025 .
Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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Independent [ ~~The charity~~ ’ ~~s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to~~
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examiner's statement ~~undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]~~ ]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination ( ~~other than that disclosed below~~ *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed: A. Muneef Date: 17/9/2025 Name: Asma Muneef
Relevant professional Data Analyst Officer qualification(s) or body
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(if any):
Address: 43 Khama Rd., Tooting, London SW17 0EN
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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