Masjid-E-Subhanallah
Charity 1155457
Overview
Summary
Masjid-E-Subhanallah appears to be more than a place of worship: its stated purpose combines religious practice, supplementary education and community welfare. The organisation’s likely operating model is place-based, using a masjid facility as a stable setting through which people of different ages can access faith, learning and social connection. Its emphasis on Birmingham’s Muslim community sits alongside a formal commitment to the wider local public, suggesting a potentially bridging role whose practical reach is not yet evidenced.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bordesley Green
Confidence: low
The organisation’s current official website identifies a masjid in Small Heath and states that its regular worship, children’s classes, marriage-registration, conversion and youth-programme services are provided by the masjid. However, the available evidence does not directly establish ward-level operational geography.
- Masjid-E-SubhanAllah official website, Services page
The organisation describes itself as a masjid in Small Heath, Birmingham; lists weekday children’s classes, Nikkah registration, conversion support, five daily prayers, Jumuah, Taraweeh, Eid prayers and monthly youth programmes. - Masjid-E-SubhanAllah official website, homepage
The website gives the masjid’s location as Small Heath, Birmingham. - Masjid-E-Subhanallah Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024, filed with the Charity Commission
The trustees report that the masjid continued its activities and expanded services in Small Heath, Birmingham, with future activity expansion also intended there. - Birmingham City Council, current ward map
The council publishes ward-boundary mapping.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records the charity as operating in Birmingham City, but this is a broad reporting geography and does not evidence service delivery across the city.
- There is no current evidence of services, staffed delivery, venues or projects operated by the charity outside its masjid in Small Heath.
- No material delivery partnerships extending the charity’s geographic reach were identified in the official website or the available annual-report evidence.
- People may travel to the masjid from beyond Bordesley Green, but available evidence does not establish their origins or justify treating those areas as operational locations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or service/impact report specifying the geographic origins of participants or any outreach activity beyond the masjid site.
- Current programme information identifying any off-site classes, community events, partner-delivered work or additional venues.
- Evidence from named partner organisations, if applicable, confirming any joint delivery locations.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
The masjid is positioned as civic infrastructure
The available evidence suggests the masjid is intended to function as a shared community base, not solely a venue for congregational worship. Its buildings, services and human resources may support religious, educational and recreational activity from one local platform.
Why it matters
This helps explain how the organisation may create value across several areas of community life without needing to operate as separate specialist services. The physical site may also make it an important local convening point.
Show evidence
“To establish, operate and maintain the masjid for congregational and other prayers and religious rites and activities.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides human resources, buildings/facilities/open space and services.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include general charitable activities, education and training, and religious activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Faith practice and education appear deliberately connected
The organisation appears to treat Islamic learning and local educational support as connected rather than separate aims. This may indicate an approach in which religious identity, knowledge and wider educational participation reinforce one another.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a worship-only institution and suggests possible relevance to families, young people and education-focused local partners.
Show evidence
“Advance the education of the local community living in or around Birmingham by providing educational facilities to supplement compulsory education.”
Source:Charity Commission“Promote and advance the knowledge, understanding, communication and practice of Islam and its legal and spiritual ethos.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children/young people, elderly/old people and the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its beneficiary focus may span generations, but its actual balance is unclear
The organisation formally identifies children, older people and the general public as beneficiaries, while placing particular emphasis on the Muslim community. This may indicate an ambition to support intergenerational local wellbeing through a culturally rooted institution.
Why it matters
The combination raises useful questions about whether the organisation connects generations, reaches beyond its core congregation, or has distinct offers for different groups.
Show evidence
“Provide recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare with the aim of improving the conditions of life of the local community in Birmingham with particular emphasis on the Muslim community.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children/young people, elderly/old people and the general public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether educational and recreational activities are currently delivered, and at what scale.
- Whether services reach people beyond regular mosque users or the Muslim community.
- Which local organisations, schools or community groups the charity works with.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent activity reports, timetables or programme descriptions showing actual service delivery and participation.
- Information on partnerships, geographic catchment, facility use and beneficiary feedback.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
General charitable activities, education & training and religious activities
Charity objects
A. TO ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE MASJID FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND PERFORMANCE OF CONGREGATIONAL AND OTHER PRAYERS AND RELIGIOUS RITES AND ACTIVITIES. B. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY LIVING IN OR AROUND BIRMINGHAM BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TO SUPPLEMENT COMPULSORY EDUCATION. C. PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, COMMUNICATION AND PRACTICE OF ISLAM AND ITS LEGAL AND SPIRITUAL ETHOS. D. PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN BIRMINGHAM WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.