Registered charity (CIO) · London
Muslim Charities Forum
The objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit, to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and organisations that predominately engage in charitable activity (in particular but without limitation Muslim led charities) based in the...
- 11 trustees
- Income £677k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Moazzam Malik CMGChair · since 2022
- Dr Hany Abdel Gawad EL-Banna OBETrustee · since 2016
- Javeria HashmiTrustee · since 2024
- Lamees HafeezTrustee · since 2026
- Mukhtar Amirali KarimTrustee · since 2023
- Saffa MirTrustee · since 2021
- Shahid BashirTrustee · since 2024
- Shuaib YusafTrustee · since 2016
- Sofia Buncy MBE - DLTrustee · since 2025
- Toib OlomoweweTrustee · since 2025
- Ziaur Rahman SalikTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.muslimcharitiesforum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£677k£528k
- 2024£518k£436k
- 2023£357k£351k
Earlier years
- 2023£476k£451k
- 2022£347k£504k
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit, to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and organisations that predominately engage in charitable activity (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 and organisations. 2 providing representation and advocacy on behalf of such charities and organisations; 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 organisations, disseminating the useful results. and 5. Providing services or making grants and donations to assist charities and organisations to develop their charitable activities, projects and services or other as the trustees may determine in their absolute discretion from time to time.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Moazzam Malik CMG Chair since 2022
- Dr Hany Abdel Gawad EL-Banna OBE since 2016
- Javeria Hashmi since 2024
- Lamees Hafeez since 2026
- Mukhtar Amirali Karim since 2023
- Shuaib Yusaf since 2016
- Saffa Mir since 2021
- Shahid Bashir since 2024
- Sofia Buncy MBE - DL since 2025
- Toib Olomowewe since 2025
- Ziaur Rahman Salik since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Hany Abdel Gawad EL-Banna OBE since 2016
- Shuaib Yusaf since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Moazzam Malik CMG Chair since 2022
- Javeria Hashmi since 2024
- Lamees Hafeez since 2026
- Mukhtar Amirali Karim since 2023
- Shahid Bashir since 2024
- Sofia Buncy MBE - DL since 2025
- Toib Olomowewe since 2025
- Ziaur Rahman Salik since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Hany Abdel Gawad EL-Banna OBE since 2016
- Shuaib Yusaf since 2016
- Saffa Mir since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1166149
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 21 Mar 2016 as amended on 14 Jul 2022 as amended on 01 Aug 2022 as amended on 08 Jan 2026
- Contact on the register
- 02033369704 · info@muslimcharitiesforum.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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