Muhammadiyah House Of Wisdom
Charity 1145770
Overview
Summary
Muhammadiyah House of Wisdom appears to position itself as a faith-rooted wellbeing and education organisation that combines local community support with an unusually expansive global movement identity. Its stated role extends beyond conventional welfare provision: it frames mental health, relationships, trauma, addiction and spiritual wellbeing as interconnected challenges, addressed through events, retreats, education and media. The available evidence suggests an organisation seeking influence through both direct participation and large-scale narrative or cultural engagement.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence supports current activity in Birmingham at city level: the organisation's website reports 16 Birmingham events across 10 locations, with 2,100 people reached, and the Charity Commission lists Birmingham City among its areas of operation. However, neither source identifies the Birmingham venues or neighbourhoods.
- It is therefore reasonable to interpret the organisation as having a multi-location Birmingham events footprint rather than a single neighbourhood base, but the evidence does not justify assigning activity to any supplied ward or to the defined City Centre place.
- No Birmingham physical site is evidenced. The current website gives a Bolton address, while the 2023 trustees' report gives a Hyde principal address; both should be treated as administrative addresses rather than Birmingham service locations.
- The organisation's overall operational identity is international rather than Birmingham-focused: its website describes workshops, events and media activity in more than 50 countries, while Birmingham appears as one of several UK operating cities.
- The website names supporting partners, but the available evidence does not show that any partnership specifically extends the organisation's operational reach within Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current Birmingham event calendar or programme listing with venue names and dates.
- Confirmation from Muhammadiyah House of Wisdom of any regularly used Birmingham venues, delivery partners, or staffed service sites.
- A current annual report or impact report that disaggregates activity, beneficiaries and expenditure by city or venue.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- 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
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A broad wellbeing mission expressed through Islamic practice and culture
The organisation appears to use an Islamic framework not only for religious education, but as a route into wider emotional, relational and social wellbeing.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish it from a narrowly religious or recreational charity. Its potential contribution may lie in connecting spiritual identity, mental wellbeing and community resilience for people who may not see these as separate needs.
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“The objects include advancing Islam, public understanding of Muslim culture and heritage, and facilities for social welfare.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its mission identifies mental health, broken relationships, addiction, trauma and spiritual unrest as linked challenges.”
Source:Organisation
Its operating model appears to combine support with public influence
The organisation may be pursuing change through both participant-facing activity, such as workshops and retreats, and public-facing media, broadcasting and immersive education.
Why it matters
This suggests its reach and relationships may extend beyond those receiving direct support. Potential collaborators could include educators, media makers, faith organisations and wellbeing providers, not only frontline charities.
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“The organisation describes workshops, healing retreats, educational programmes, films, books and VR journeys.”
Source:Organisation“The objects include broadcasting Islamic messages of a teaching nature.”
Source:Charity Commission
There is a notable local-to-global tension in its stated identity
Although its formal purposes include improving life in an area of benefit, the organisation presents itself as operating nationally and globally, with international events and a world peace movement.
Why it matters
It would be useful to understand whether global activity strengthens local capacity, competes for organisational attention, or represents a largely separate programme strand.
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“The objects refer to improving the life of inhabitants of the area of benefit, particularly members of the Muslim community in need.”
Source:Charity Commission“The website describes global events, workshops and projects in more than 50 countries.”
Source:Organisation
- There is no evidence of beneficiary numbers, outcomes, eligibility criteria or the location and scale of local services.
- The relationship between the organisation's international programmes and its charitable resources is unclear.
- It is unclear which activities are delivered directly, through partners, or primarily as events and media campaigns.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual reports or impact reporting showing spending, delivery locations, participant numbers and outcomes by programme.
- Information on delivery partners, safeguarding, professional wellbeing support and referral pathways.
- Evidence explaining how international activity advances the charity's local welfare purposes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The charity is committed to making a profound impact nationally and globally, passionately advocating for the causes that go beyond that of physical welfare; the underlying causes of depleting mental health and breakdown of relationships and societies. We recognise the multifaceted challenges people face so we specialise in providing comprehensive support, techniques and tools in overcoming these.
Charity objects
A) TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE A CENTRE FOR THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, POVERTY, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; (B) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MEANS OF BROADCASTING ISLAMIC MESSAGES OF A TEACHING NATURE. (C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC IN THE MUSLIM CULTURE AND HERITAGE. (D) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.