Harar Academy

Charity 1181674

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Harar Academy appears to be a place-based, faith-rooted organisation whose role extends beyond religious practice into education, welfare and community participation. Its stated model is not grantmaking but direct provision: using facilities, services and advice to support people across life stages and circumstances. The breadth of its beneficiary groups and charitable purposes suggests an ambition to operate as a community anchor, though the available evidence does not show which activities are currently active or how they are connected in practice.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Citywide

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • The Charity Commission currently records the charity as operating in Birmingham City, which supports a citywide declared footprint, but the public record does not identify the neighbourhoods, venues or programmes through which services are delivered.
    • The registered contact address cannot safely be treated as a current delivery site because registered addresses may be correspondence addresses.
    • A March 2021 fundraiser identified Harar Academy as beneficiary of a proposed Islamic and educational centre in Kingstanding. It described the site as intended for conversion and fundraising was still needed; no current authoritative evidence was found that the centre opened or remains operated by the charity.
    • No current evidence was found of partner organisations, satellite venues, or delivery activity outside the charity's general Birmingham City declaration.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current service timetable, programme leaflet, annual report or official organisational statement identifying active delivery venues and the areas served.
    • Confirmation from the charity or Birmingham City Council planning records of the present status, use and operator of the proposed centre in Kingstanding.
    • Information identifying any current formal partners or host venues that materially extend Harar Academy's operational reach.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Amateur Sport
    • Disability
    • Education/training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • Religious Activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • Elderly/old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/mankind

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • 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

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • A faith institution with a wider civic role

      The evidence suggests that Islamic worship and education provide the organisation's core identity, while its objects also position it to address social welfare, recreation and disadvantage.

      Why it matters

      This helps distinguish Harar Academy from an organisation focused only on religious observance. It may be an important bridge between faith-based community life and wider local support.

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      • “Its objects include advancing Islam through worship facilities and Islamic education.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “Its objects include providing or assisting facilities for recreation or leisure for people facing disadvantage or social circumstances.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • Its operating model appears to be direct provision

      Harar Academy appears to create value principally through its own spaces, services and information rather than by redistributing funds to others.

      Why it matters

      This indicates that its facilities and day-to-day delivery capacity may be central assets. Potential collaboration may therefore be more practical and place-based than grant-led.

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      • “The charity does not pay grants to students or organisations in any location.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “It provides buildings, facilities or open space, services, and advocacy, advice or information.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • Potentially designed for intergenerational inclusion

      The organisation may be seeking to serve a broad community rather than a narrowly defined programme group, with stated relevance to young people, older people, disabled people and the general public.

      Why it matters

      This breadth could make Harar Academy a useful convening point across generations and needs, but it also raises questions about whether all groups receive meaningful provision.

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      • “The charity helps children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “Its purposes include education, health, disability, poverty relief, recreation and religious or racial harmony.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      Remaining uncertainties

    • Which of the many stated purposes are currently active rather than retained as broad powers.
    • Whether services are primarily for a local Muslim community, particular ethnic communities, or a wider public.
    • What facilities exist, where they are located, and whether they are shared with other organisations.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Recent annual reports, activity reports or programme information showing current delivery and participant reach.
    • Information on facilities, partnerships, referrals and community use of the organisation's spaces.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    We don't pay grants to students or organisations in any location.

    Charity objects

    1. 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 AHLE SUNNAH WAL JAMAA-AH CONFORMING TO THE DOCTRINE DEFINED IN CLAUSE 3 OF THE ADMINISTRATION SECTION OF THIS DEED. ALL ACTIVITIES OF THE TRUST SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH ISLAMIC LAW. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSES, FACILITIES FOR NURSERY EDUCATION AND ANY SUCH ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME. 3. THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, GENDER, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY ,FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.