Ghausia Islamic Learning Centre
Charity 1158083
Overview
Summary
Ghausia Islamic Learning Centre appears to be a faith-rooted community institution whose current visible activity is Islamic studies teaching, but whose formal remit is substantially broader. Its objects position it as a potential local anchor for worship, religious and mainstream supplementary education, language learning, publicly available learning resources, and poverty relief in the UK and abroad. The evidence suggests an organisation designed to combine religious identity with educational access and charitable support, although its present delivery model and active partnerships are not yet clear.
Operational geography
Coverage: District
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission currently records Birmingham City and Sandwell as areas where the charity operates, but does not identify specific Birmingham wards, venues, programmes or delivery locations.
- The recorded contact address should not be treated as evidence of a Birmingham operational site.
- The available evidence identifies teaching Islamic studies as the charity's activity, but does not show whether this is delivered at one site, across multiple venues, online, or through partners.
- No material partnerships extending the charity's operational reach within Birmingham were evidenced.
- The charity's objects include potential relief activity in the UK and abroad, but there is no current operational evidence showing that such activity is being delivered beyond its reported Birmingham City and Sandwell geography.
Additional evidence needed
- A current timetable, programme listing or venue information identifying where Islamic studies, language classes, worship facilities or other services are delivered.
- A current trustees' annual report or annual return narrative describing activities, beneficiaries and delivery locations.
- Confirmation from the organisation of any Birmingham venues, partner organisations or neighbourhoods in which it currently delivers services.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A broad civic role sits behind a narrow recorded activity
The recorded activity of teaching Islamic studies may represent only one currently visible part of a wider intended role spanning worship, education, public resources and hardship relief.
Why it matters
This helps avoid viewing the organisation only as a religious class provider. It may have the constitutional capacity to become, or already be, a wider community-support institution.
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“Teaching Islamic studies”
Source:Organisation“The objects include worship facilities, Islamic education, homework support, language classes, a library, public resources and relief of financial hardship.”
Source:Charity Commission
Religious identity and public-facing education are deliberately linked
The organisation appears to use Islamic learning as a basis for wider educational participation, including English, Urdu and Arabic classes, homework support and learning opportunities intended for Muslims and non-Muslims.
Why it matters
This suggests a possible bridging role: maintaining a specific Hanafi-Barelwi religious tradition while creating routes into broader educational support and cultural understanding.
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“The objects specify advancement of Islam in accordance with the Hanafi-Barelwi school of thought.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects include mainstream supplementary homework support, Urdu, English and Arabic classes, and community learning programmes for Muslims and non-Muslims.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may connect local belonging with transnational solidarity
Alongside local educational provision, the charity is constituted to relieve hardship in both the UK and abroad, including during natural and human-made disasters.
Why it matters
This may shape its relationships and appeal: the organisation could connect local worshippers and learners with humanitarian concerns beyond the immediate area, rather than operating solely as a neighbourhood education centre.
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“The objects include relieving financial hardship among people in need in the UK and abroad.”
Source:Charity Commission“The stated relief may include food, basic necessities, clean water, education and accommodation.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which of the charity's broad constitutional purposes are actively delivered beyond Islamic studies teaching.
- Who currently uses its services, including whether non-Muslims and people facing hardship are reached.
- Whether it operates premises, a library or public resources, and which local organisations it works with.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports, programme timetables and attendance data.
- Information on premises, volunteers, funding, referrals and delivery partners.
- Evidence of any current hardship-relief or overseas humanitarian activity.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Teaching Islamic studies
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS ARE (I) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROMOTING THE TEACHINGS AND TENETS OF ISLAM, PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ISLAMIC EDUCATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE QUR'AN AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AS DEFINED AND INTERPRETED BY THE CLASSICAL ISLAMIC ORTHODOXY, THE MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS FOR THE MAJORITY OF HISTORY - THE AHLE SUNNAH WAL JAMAA-AH AS ENSHRINED, ADHERED AND PROMOTED BY THE HANAFI-BARELWI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT OF THE ASIAN SUBCONTINENT; (II) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SCRIPTURAL, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES, ORGANIZING MAINSTREAM SUPPLEMENTARY HOMEWORK SUPPORT, FACILITATING URDU, ENGLISH AND ARABIC LANGUAGE CLASSES, AIMING TO RAISE THE EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF ISLAM AND ORGANISING OTHER COMMUNITY LEARNING PROGRAMMES FOR MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS BY ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL PROVISION IN THE LOCAL AREA WITH ITS OWN LIBRARY AND PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES WHEREIN MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS OF ALL AGES MAY BE EDUCATED AND ANY SUCH ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; (III) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS, THE POOR AND NEEDY IN THE UK AND ABROAD BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FOOD, BASIC NECESSITIES, CLEAN WATER, EDUCATION AND ACCOMMODATION FOR THE SAID PERSONS ANY PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR NATIONALITY, RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS;