Al-Furqan Educational Trust

Charity 1153025

www.afet.co.uk

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Al-Furqan Educational Trust appears to be a faith-specific educational infrastructure charity rather than a direct, general-purpose education provider. Its role is defined by safeguarding and enabling a particular Islamic educational approach, using property, facilities and curriculum support to strengthen institutions operating on its premises. The available evidence suggests an operating model centred on creating durable conditions for other educational bodies to deliver learning to children and young people, although the scale, locations and day-to-day relationships involved remain unclear.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Neighbourhood

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Hall Green North

Confidence: high

Current official school data places the open Al-Furqan Primary School in Hall Green North. Birmingham City Council records identify Al-Furqan Educational Trust as holding the land and buildings in trust for the school and mosque, and as appointing foundation governors. This establishes a continuing operational role at this site.

  • Department for Education, Get Information about Schools: Al-Furqan Primary School, updated/confirmed 30 June 2026
    The open voluntary controlled Muslim primary school is in Hall Green North; its governing body includes governors appointed by the foundation/trust.
  • Birmingham City Council, Al-Furqan Primary School voluntary-controlled consultation material, 2022
    States that Al-Furqan Educational Trust holds the land and buildings in trust for Al-Furqan Primary School and the masjid, and appoints foundation governors to support the school's strategic development and uphold its ethos.
  • Al-Furqan Primary School official website, contact and governors pages
    The school states that it became a voluntary controlled school on 1 January 2023, with foundation governors on its governing body.
Remaining uncertainties
  • The evidence strongly supports the Trust's property-holding, religious-ethos and foundation-governance role at the site, but does not establish that the Trust itself directly delivers the school's day-to-day education or family-support services.
  • The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates, but the available evidence does not identify current delivery sites or programmes elsewhere in Birmingham. This is insufficient to treat the Trust as operationally citywide.
  • A mosque is identified as part of the trust property in Birmingham City Council material, but no current independent source was found confirming its present operational arrangements or whether the Trust directly manages activities there.
  • Historic references to Al-Furqan Community College and nursery provision do not demonstrate that these remain current Trust-operated services. The boys' college is recorded by the Department for Education as closed in 2019.
Additional evidence needed
  • The Trust's latest trustees' annual report or accounts, identifying each current property, educational institution and service supported.
  • Current land or lease documentation confirming the precise extent and present use of the property, including the masjid.
  • A current statement from Al-Furqan Educational Trust describing its active role, any other Birmingham sites, and partnerships beyond Al-Furqan Primary School.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • General Charitable Purposes

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services

Discoveries involving this organisation

The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • An enabling rather than solely delivery-focused role

    The Trust may function primarily as an institutional enabler: providing the physical and educational foundations through which other bodies can deliver Islamic education.

    Why it matters

    This distinguishes the Trust from charities whose main role is direct teaching. Its potential influence may extend through the organisations and educational institutions it supports.

    Show evidence

    • “The charity assists in the provision of facilities for Islamic education at educational institutions operating on the charity's properties.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “How the charity helps includes providing buildings, facilities or open space and providing services.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Property appears to be a strategic asset

    The reference to institutions operating on the Trust's properties suggests that control or stewardship of premises is central to how it advances its mission, not merely an incidental resource.

    Why it matters

    Property stewardship can create long-term local educational capacity and may make the Trust an important, if less visible, partner for tenant or affiliated institutions.

    Show evidence

    • “The charity advances education at educational institutions operating on the charity's properties.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The charity provides and assists in the provision of facilities for Islamic education in terms of buildings and curriculum.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • A tightly defined educational identity

    The Trust appears to prioritise fidelity to a specified Qur'an-and-Hadith-based religious framework alongside educational support, indicating that curriculum alignment is likely integral to its role.

    Why it matters

    This helps explain both the Trust's distinctive contribution and the kinds of institutions or partnerships it may be positioned to support.

    Show evidence

    • “The objects restrict the charity to advancing Islamic education in accordance with the Qur'an and Hadith.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The charity provides facilities for Islamic education in terms of buildings and curriculum.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    Remaining uncertainties

  • Which educational institutions operate on the Trust's properties and how formal those relationships are.
  • Whether the Trust directly teaches children and young people or mainly supports other providers.
  • Its geographic reach, scale of assets and current level of activity.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Details of properties, tenant or partner institutions, and the nature of support provided to each.
  • Annual reports, accounts or programme information showing beneficiaries, curriculum activity and outcomes.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

Advance the cause of Islamic education based on the principle of "La Ilaha Illalah Muhammadur" Rasullullah without modification in accordance with the Qur'an & Hadith including but not limited to advance the education at educational institutions operating on the Charity's properties by providing & assisting in the provision of facilities for Islamic education in terms of buildings and curriculum.

Charity objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION BASE ON THE PRINCIPLE OF "LA ILAHA MUHAMMADUR RASULLULLAH" WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN AND HADITH, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OPERATING ON THE CHARITY'S PROPERTIES BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ISLAMIC EDUCATION AT THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BOTH IN TERMS OF BUILDINGS AND CURRICULUM