An-Noor Masjid And Community Centre
Charity 1136241
Overview
Summary
An-Noor Masjid And Community Centre appears to combine a faith-based community setting with practical settlement and inclusion support for refugees, asylum seekers and Birmingham residents. Its stated role extends beyond religious activity: it links poverty relief, advocacy, vocational learning and employment assistance. The available evidence suggests an organisation positioned as a bridge between a particular ethnic or racial community and wider local services, although its actual partnerships, reach and delivery model remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bordesley Green
Confidence: medium
The organisation's current official website describes an active, owned building providing prayer, classes, education, advice and counselling. The supplied evidence does not directly identify the ward in which that building is located.
- An-Noor Masjid & Community Centre official website, About Us page, accessed 2026
States that the current building and car park were purchased in 2010 and that the organisation delivers weekly English lessons, a Qur'an school for children, teenagers and adults, Qur'an revision programmes, and services including advice and counselling. - An-Noor Masjid & Community Centre official website, Donations page, accessed 2026
Describes daily prayers, Jumu'ah services, Qur'an classes, Islamic education, youth programmes and community programmes as current services. - Companies House, AN-NOOR MASJID AND COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED, company number 06378796
Lists the active company's registered office in Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence establishes one active operational site, but does not directly identify its ward or any other delivery venues or regular outreach locations.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates and describes support for refugees and asylum seekers living in Birmingham. This supports a citywide operational remit, but the available evidence does not show how far services are delivered beyond the organisation's active site, as opposed to being accessed there by people from across the city.
- No current material partnership was evidenced that extends delivery into another ward. The Charity Commission notes that the charity received funds from Small Heath Somali Community Organisation Ltd in 2019, but this is not sufficient evidence of a current operational partnership or service location.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, service report or programme timetable specifying where advice, refugee/asylum support, employment support, interpreting or training services are delivered.
- Current beneficiary or referral data showing whether the organisation's non-religious services are used across Birmingham or are principally neighbourhood-based.
- Confirmation from the organisation of any regular off-site delivery, satellite venues, or active delivery partnerships.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A bridge between immediate support and longer-term independence
The organisation appears to treat poverty relief as more than emergency assistance, combining advice, representation and counselling with vocational education and help finding employment.
Why it matters
This suggests a potentially connected pathway from navigating immediate hardship towards greater economic participation, rather than a single-purpose support offer.
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“The objects include relief of poverty through interpreting and translation, counselling, advice, representation and education.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects include assistance to find employment and vocational courses and training.”
Source:Charity Commission
An inclusion role wider than its named beneficiary group
Although the charity is recorded as helping people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, its objects describe benefits for Birmingham residents without distinction and collaboration with local authorities and voluntary organisations.
Why it matters
This may indicate a dual role: culturally grounded support for a specific community alongside a broader neighbourhood-facing civic function.
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“Who the charity helps: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects seek to benefit residents of Birmingham and the neighbourhood without distinction and to associate residents, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
The centre may be an under-specified connector in Birmingham's support network
Its purposes explicitly envisage working alongside public, voluntary and other organisations, while its services include advocacy and representation for refugees and asylum seekers.
Why it matters
If this collaboration is active, the organisation may hold valuable referral, trust and navigation relationships that are not visible in the available evidence.
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“The objects include associating residents, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include counselling, advice and representation for refugees and asylum seekers living in Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether interpreting and translation services are currently delivered; they appear in the objects but not the activity description.
- Which ethnic or racial communities are served, and whether refugees and asylum seekers are the primary users.
- Whether the organisation operates vocational courses and employment support directly or through partners.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent service information showing programmes, volumes, languages, locations and beneficiary groups.
- Named partnership, referral and funding information, including relationships with local authorities and specialist refugee-support organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM BY PROVIDING COUNSELLING, ADVICE, REPRESENTATION TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL COURSES AND TRAINING
Charity objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM BY PROVIDING INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION SERVICES, COUNSELLING, ADVICE, REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATION. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. 3 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. 4 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL COURSES AND TRAINING.