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Watford Islamic Foundation Trust

Watford Islamic Foundation Trust is a registered charity (number 1189716) based in Watford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Mohammed Abdul Hye since 2020. Latest income £8k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £8k (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
Religious Activities
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.wift.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8k£35k
  • 2024£10k£6k
  • 2023£7k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2022£8k£2k
  • 2021£31k£428

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

2.2.1 TO SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE, TEACHINGS, AND SPIRIT OF ISLAM AS PREACHED AND EXEMPLIFIED BY THE QURANAND SUNNAH OF PROPHET MOHAMMED (P.B.U.H)2.2.2 TO ENSURE THAT ALL AMAALS OF DAWAH (TABLIGHI JAMMAT) ARE FREELY UNDERTAKEN IN THEINSTITUTION/CENTRE.2.2.3 TO ENSURE THAT THE HOUSE IS RUN ACCORDING TO FIQQA HANFIA AND TO THE SAME THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS OFTHE SCHOLARS OF DEWBAND NAMELY TABLIGHI MARKAZ OF DEWSBURY, DAROL ULOOM HOLCOMBE HALL (NEAR BURYLANCASHIRE) AND JAMEET-UL-ULAMA OF BRITAIN.2.2.4 THE IMAM SHALL BELONG TO AHLE-SUNNAH-WAL-JAMAT AND SHALL BE OF THE SCHOLARS OF DEWBAND NAMELYTABLIGHI MARKAZ OF DEWSBURY, DAROL ULOOM OF HOLCOMBE HALL (NEAR BURY LANCASHIRE) AND JAMEETUL-ULAMA OF BRITAIN.2.2.5 TO ENCOURAGE AND HELP MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN PERFORMING THEIR CONGREGATIONDAILY PRAYERS, CELEBRATING THEIR HOLY DAYS (ACCORDING TO QURAN AND SUNNAH), AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ISLAMTHOROUGH ORGANIZED TALKS AND CONFERENCES.2.2.6 THE HOUSE SHALL HELP AND ENCOURAGE LOCAL MUSLIM COLLABORATION TO BUILD AND RUN THE MASJID(S),SCHOOLS, ISLAMIC CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE(S) AND THE LIKE.2.2.7 TO PROMOTE PEACE AND THE UNITY OF MUSLIMS.2.2.8 TO CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS HAVING SIMILAR AIMS TO SPEED UP FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF THEHOUSE.2.2.9 TO PROMOTE PEACE AND HARMONY WITH ALL THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE NON-MUSLIMS.2.2.10 THE HOUSE SHALL ENCOURAGE AND ESTABLISH THE FIVE CONGREGATIONAL DAILY PRAYERS AT ITS HEADQUARTERS.2.2.11 THE HOUSE SHALL ENDEAVOUR O HOLD ISLAMIC GATHERINGS, ISLAMIC STUDY SESSION, CONFERENCES, TALKSAND THE LIKE.2.2.12 THE HOUSE MAY PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF MUSLIM STUDENTS WHO SHALL BEEXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN ISLAMIC RULES LAID DOWN TO GOVERN THEIR STAYING IN THE ACCOMMODATION.2.2.13 THE HOUSE SHALL PROVIDE AN ISLAMIC EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE LOCAL MUSLIM COMMUNITY,ACCORDING TO FIQQA HANFIA AND TO THE SAME THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS OF THE SCHOLARS OF DEWBAND NAMELYTABLIGHI MARKAZ OR DEWSBURY, DAROL ULOOM OF HOLCOMBE HALL (NEAR BURY LANCASHIRE) ANDJAMEET-UL-ULAMA OF BRITAIN.2.2.14 THE HOUSE SHALL MAINTAIN A LIBRARY ON ISLAMIC LITERATURE.

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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8k latest income
365 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1189716
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 05 OCT 2019
Contact on the register
07894338415 · m.hye@hotmail.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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