Registered charity · Newport
Syed Ahmed Shah Trust
- 3 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Birmingham City, Newport City, Bangladesh, India and more
- Website
- www.syedahmedshahtrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024--
- 2023--
- 2022--
Earlier years
- 2021--
- 2020--
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS BY ESTABLISHING A MOSQUE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. 2. TO ADVANCE WITHOUT PREJUDICE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MOSQUE AND PROMOTING RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY FOSTERING BETTER RELATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS. 3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. 4. TO APPEAL FOR AND COLLECT FUNDS SOLELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAKISTAN. 5. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
3 trustees on the board
- Syed ALI Jawad Chair since 2012
- Ahsan Akhter since 2012
- Mohammed Ishafaq since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Syed ALI Jawad Chair since 2012
- Ahsan Akhter since 2012
- Mohammed Ishafaq since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Syed ALI Jawad Chair since 2012
- Ahsan Akhter since 2012
- Mohammed Ishafaq since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1148756
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 12 OCT 2008AS AMENDED ON 23/08/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01633904205 · info@syedahmedshahtrust.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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