Darussunnah Foundation
Charity 1112513
Overview
Summary
Darussunnah Foundation appears to be a community-rooted organisation using education as its primary platform for supporting the local Bengali community while also pursuing wider social connection across faiths and races. Its stated remit extends beyond teaching: the combination of facilities, advice, human resources and community-development activities suggests a potential role as a local civic anchor. However, the available evidence does not show how these strands are delivered, connected or prioritised in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Aston
Confidence: high
The organisation's official website identifies Aston as its location and describes services delivered by the organisation, including a community masjid, prayer facilities, education, youth activities and elderly support, there.
- Darussunnah Foundation official website, home page
Describes Darussunnah Foundation as a community masjid providing prayer, education and support, and gives its location as Aston, Birmingham. - Darussunnah Foundation official website, Education and Community Support page
Lists evening madrasah, children's classes, youth activities, prayer facilities, elderly support and adult education, and gives the location as Aston, Birmingham. - Charity Commission register entry for charity 1112513
States that it provides buildings/facilities, education-related activity and religious activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission currently records that the charity operates across Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. This supports a regional overall footprint, but the available material does not identify particular service sites, delivery locations, frequency of activity or partners in those areas.
- Within Birmingham, the evidence confirms active delivery in Aston but does not substantiate current delivery in other individual wards or in the City Centre.
- No material evidence was found of formal delivery partnerships that materially extend the organisation's operational geography.
- The current evidence suggests that the organisation's visible identity is neighbourhood-based around Aston, while its Charity Commission self-reported operating area is regional.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, activity report or service timetable specifying where activities take place outside Aston.
- Details of any outreach projects, venue agreements or delivery partners in Birmingham and the other local-authority areas reported to the Charity Commission.
- Current attendance, beneficiary-origin or programme-location data to distinguish activity delivered from Aston from activity delivered elsewhere.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Education appears to be the organisation's core gateway
The available evidence suggests that Bengali, Arabic and religious study are not peripheral activities but the organisation's main means of engaging its community. This may allow it to combine cultural continuity, faith learning and practical educational support in one setting.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a general advice or welfare provider: its relationships with children, families and older residents may be built primarily through learning and shared cultural identity.
Show evidence
“The advancement of education within the local Bengali community, including Bengali, Arabic and religious studies, is a charitable object.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its activities include education within the local Bengali community, particularly Bengali, Arabic and religious studies.”
Source:Organisation
It may operate at the intersection of cultural belonging and wider cohesion
Serving a particular ethnic community while explicitly promoting good relations across races and faiths suggests a dual role: strengthening Bengali community identity while positioning that identity within a wider local civic environment.
Why it matters
This creates potential for the organisation to act as a bridge rather than solely an inward-facing cultural or religious institution. It would be useful to understand whether it has relationships with other faith and community groups.
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“A charitable object is the promotion of good relations between people of different races and faiths within the community.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps people of a particular ethnic or racial origin and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation's registered scope is broader than its stated core activities
Its recorded areas of work include poverty relief, amateur sport, employment and community development, while the activity description centres on education and community relations. This may indicate either a deliberately broad community-centre model or registered capabilities that are not currently visible in the available activity evidence.
Why it matters
The difference matters because it raises a useful question about latent capacity: the organisation may be able to contribute to wider local needs, but this cannot yet be assumed.
Show evidence
“The charity's recorded work includes poverty relief, amateur sport, and economic or community development and employment.”
Source:Charity Commission“The stated activities focus on education within the local Bengali community and promoting good relations between races and faiths.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the charity delivers services beyond education and community-relations activity.
- How children, older people and the wider public participate in practice.
- Whether it works with other faith, cultural, educational or welfare organisations.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent programme information, timetable, annual report or impact report showing current delivery and participation.
- Evidence of facilities use, referral routes, partnerships and cross-community activities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
1) The advancement of education within the local Bengali Community, In particular, but not exclusively, the study, of Bengali, Arabic, religious studies and any other related subjects. 2) The promotion of good relations between peoples of different races and faiths within the community.
Charity objects
1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WITHIN THE LOCAL BENGALI COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE STUDY, OF BENGALI, ARABIC, RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND ANY OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS. 2) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLES OF DIFFERENT RACES AND FAITHS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.