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Registered charity · Watford

Anjuman-E-Jaafriah

Anjuman-E-Jaafriah is a registered charity (number 290849) based in Watford, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Saqlain Syed Shabbir President since 2026. Latest income £258k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as AL-Zahra Community Centre (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £258k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 5 more
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.alzahracentre.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£258k£203k
  • 2024£215k£180k
  • 2023£177k£142k
Earlier years
  • 2022£111k£112k
  • 2021£159k£97k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE SHIA ITHNA-ASHARI FAITH (WHICH EXPRESSION MEANS THE LAWS AND RULES OF THE HOLY QURAN AND SUNNAH IN ACCORDANCE WITH FIQH-E-JA'FARIYYA AS INTERPRETED BY THE LIVING MARJA' OF TAQLID OF THE SHIA ITHNA-ASHARI FAITH) AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF MUSLIM CHILDREN AND ADULTS BASED ON THE SHIA ITHNA-ASHARI FAITH.

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.

0.4y median 0y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£215k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
290849
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 NOVEMBER 1984 AND AMENDED 25 NOVEMBER 2007AS AMENDED ON 21 MAY 2017
Contact on the register
01923 231257 · secretariat@alzahracentre.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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