Anjumanie Farooqie Azam Trust
Charity 1096334
Overview
Summary
Anjumanie Farooqie Azam Trust appears to be a faith-rooted community institution whose role extends beyond worship. Its stated model combines Sunni Islamic teaching and mosque provision with education, advice and access to facilities, including sport. The breadth of intended beneficiaries suggests it may function as a local civic anchor for Muslim communities in Birmingham while also framing its work in public-benefit, inclusion and community-participation terms. Evidence does not yet show how these strands are delivered or connected in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Alum Rock
Confidence: medium
Direct evidence identifies the charity's working name as 'THE MOSQUE' and records that it provides buildings/facilities. Its objects include providing and maintaining a mosque for the local and surrounding Muslim community. A current specialist mosque directory independently associates the trust with a mosque in Alum Rock. It is therefore reasonable to interpret Alum Rock as the trust's principal operational base, although the available evidence does not fully establish its current activities.
- Charity Commission Register, Anjumanie Farooqie Azam Trust (charity 1096334), charity overview and contact information
The charity's working name is 'THE MOSQUE'; and it reports providing buildings/facilities, services, and advocacy/advice/information. - Charity Commission Register, Anjumanie Farooqie Azam Trust (charity 1096334), governing document
The charitable objects include provision and maintenance of a mosque for the benefit of the local and surrounding Muslim community in Birmingham. - Mosque Directory, Jamai Mosque Farooq-e-Azam Madrasa Ghousia listing
The directory lists a mosque in Alum Rock and includes Anjumanie Farooqie Azam Trust among its alternative names. - Birmingham City Council, current Alum Rock ward map
Birmingham City Council identifies Alum Rock as a current Birmingham ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The direct public evidence does not describe a current programme of services, opening arrangements, or activities beyond the trust's general religious and charitable purposes.
- Although the Charity Commission records that the charity operates in Birmingham City, this is a broad self-reported geographic category and is not, by itself, sufficient evidence of active delivery across Birmingham.
- No current evidence was found of additional operational sites, delivery in other Birmingham wards, or partnerships that materially extend the trust's geographic reach.
- The available evidence supports a mosque-based local operational identity in Alum Rock, but does not establish whether people from surrounding wards are served through organised outreach rather than by attending the site.
Additional evidence needed
- A current official timetable, programme, annual report, or update from the trust confirming activities delivered at its mosque in Alum Rock and any off-site delivery locations.
- Official evidence of any partner organisations, referral arrangements, or joint projects that operate beyond Alum Rock.
- Confirmation from the trust of whether its mosque in Alum Rock is its active service venue rather than solely a correspondence address.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A mosque-based platform with wider civic ambitions
The trust appears to use religious infrastructure as a base for a broader mix of educational, recreational and support-oriented activity, rather than treating worship as its only purpose.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation may be important not only as a place of faith but as a potential access point for community connection, learning and local support.
Show evidence
“The objects include provision and maintenance of a mosque for local and surrounding Muslim communities in Birmingham.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space, services, and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission
An unusually broad beneficiary framing
Although its religious purpose is explicitly Sunni Islamic, the trust presents its intended reach across age, disability, ethnicity and the general public. This may indicate an effort to combine community-specific identity with wider inclusion.
Why it matters
This is useful when considering potential partnerships: the organisation may hold trusted relationships with a particular community while having a remit that could connect with more universal services.
Show evidence
“Activities are to advance the Islamic faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with Sunni Islam.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
Recreation may be a deliberate bridge between faith and participation
The inclusion of sports facilities alongside religious and educational objects may indicate that the trust sees healthy recreation as part of community participation, potentially creating routes into engagement beyond formal religious activity.
Why it matters
This could represent a complementary strength for youth, wellbeing or inclusion organisations, especially if recreation helps reach people who do not otherwise engage with faith-based provision.
Show evidence
“The objects include promoting community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for particular sports.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's purposes include education and training, religious activities, disability, and equality or diversity.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which services, educational activity, advice and sports provision are currently operating.
- Whether the trust works with other local organisations or primarily delivers activity independently.
- How its support for disabled people, older people and young people is adapted to their needs.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, programme descriptions or timetables showing current delivery and participation.
- Information on facilities, local partnerships, referral routes and geographic reach.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To advance the Islamic faith for the benefit of the public in accordance within Sunni Islam in particular but not exclusively by promoting teachings of Islam, the Qur'an and Sunnah
Charity objects
2.1. ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM; 2.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION 2.3. TO PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING PARTICULAR SPORTS. 2.4. ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING OF ISLAM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MOSQUE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL AND SURROUNDING MUSLIMS COMMUNITY IN BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS.