Registered charity (CIO) · London
Lewisham Islamic Centre
Lewisham Islamic Centre is a registered charity (number 1187279) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Taofik Akande since 2020. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as LIC (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
- Where
- Lewisham
- Website
- www.lewishamislamiccentre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£711k
- 2024£893k£691k
- 2023£755k£585k
Earlier years
- 2022£640k£492k
- 2021£381k£191k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE LIC ("THE OBJECTS") ARE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE FAITH AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH AMONGST MUSLIMS IN PARTICULAR AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERNING THE TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF ISLAM;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; (D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE PERSONS IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES;(E) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OF ANY PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR NATIONALITY, RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; (F) THE ADVANCEMENT OF BOTH RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(I) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL GROUPS;(II) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL GROUPS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL GROUPS;(III) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RELIGION AND RACE; AND(G) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THESE ARE IN HARMONY WITH THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Taofik Akande Chair since 2020
- ALI Bajwa since 2020
- Aminudeen Meer since 2020
- Ashraf Dabous since 2025
- Mohamed Lamin Jalloh since 2024
- Shakeel Begg since 2020
- Sameel Meer since 2020
- Yacine Delilache since 2020
- Zillur Rahman since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Taofik Akande Chair since 2020
- ALI Bajwa since 2020
- Aminudeen Meer since 2020
- Shakeel Begg since 2020
- Sameel Meer since 2020
- Yacine Delilache since 2020
- Zillur Rahman since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Taofik Akande Chair since 2020
- ALI Bajwa since 2020
- Aminudeen Meer since 2020
- Ashraf Dabous since 2025
- Mohamed Lamin Jalloh since 2024
- Shakeel Begg since 2020
- Sameel Meer since 2020
- Yacine Delilache since 2020
- Zillur Rahman since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187279
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Jan 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02086905090 · info@lewishamislamiccentre.com
- 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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