Muslim Doctors And Dentists Association (Mdda)
Charity 327741
Overview
Summary
The available evidence suggests that Muslim Doctors And Dentists Association (MDDA) is a professionally identified charity using health expertise as a platform for wider humanitarian action. Its stated charitable purposes span health, poverty and overseas aid, while its permitted methods include grants, staffing and research. This points to a potentially flexible operating model rather than a single defined service. However, the evidence gives little visibility of current programmes, partners, geographic reach or the communities directly reached.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Hall Green North
Confidence: low
The association’s website gives 1190A–1192 Stratford Road, Hall Green, B28 8AB as its contact address, and the postcode falls within Hall Green North. This supports a current administrative or contact presence in the ward, but not confirmed service delivery there. The Charity Commission describes the address as care of Rus & Co Accountants, so it may be a correspondence address rather than an operational service site.
- Muslim Doctors & Dentists Association UK website
The website lists its contact address as 1190A–1192 Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 8AB. - Charity Commission for England and Wales, charity 327741 contact information
The registered contact address is Rus & Co Accountants, 1192 Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 8AB. - ONS postcode geography, as presented for postcode B28 8AB
Postcode B28 8AB is identified as being in the Hall Green North electoral ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- There is no current public evidence identifying a Birmingham venue where MDDA delivers health, education, advocacy, grant-making or outreach activity.
- The Hall Green North address may be an accountant's or correspondence address rather than a staffed office or service-delivery site.
- The website describes advocacy and outreach in general terms but lists no current events, projects, neighbourhoods, partner organisations or delivery venues.
- No material Birmingham partnerships that extend the association's operational reach were identified in the available evidence.
- The Charity Commission records that the charity operates throughout England and Wales, but this does not establish where its current activity is concentrated or whether it has active delivery in Birmingham beyond its contact address.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, trustees' report or activity return identifying projects, grants, events and delivery locations.
- Confirmation from MDDA of whether the Hall Green North address is an administrative base, a service site, or solely a correspondence address.
- Current project pages, event listings or partner confirmations that name Birmingham venues, wards or communities served.
- Information on any active local delivery partnerships and the locations in which those partnerships operate.
Areas of work
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Human Resources
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A professional identity appears to support a broad humanitarian remit
MDDA appears to be organised around Muslim medical and dental professional identity, but its charitable role may extend beyond professional networking into health-related humanitarian, poverty-relief and overseas-aid work.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a conventional professional association: its potential value may lie in mobilising specialist knowledge, credibility and networks for wider social purposes.
Show evidence
“The organisation is named Muslim Doctors & Dentists Association UK.”
Source:Organisation“Its purposes include the advancement of health or saving of lives, prevention or relief of poverty, and overseas aid/famine relief.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may operate through multiple forms of intervention
Its registered methods suggest MDDA may be able to combine direct capacity, financial support and knowledge generation, rather than relying on one delivery mechanism.
Why it matters
This flexibility could make it a useful connector between frontline need, professional volunteers, funded organisations and research, if these powers are actively used.
Show evidence
“The charity makes grants to individuals and organisations, provides human resources, and sponsors or undertakes research.”
Source:Charity Commission“It states that decision making is informed by empirical studies and data evaluation.”
Source:Organisation
There is a visibility gap between ambition and demonstrated activity
The public-facing material communicates compassion, advocacy and collective action, but does not identify current projects, events, beneficiaries or collaborators.
Why it matters
This limits assessment of MDDA's present role in Birmingham, the UK or overseas, and makes potential relationships or complementary organisations difficult to identify.
Show evidence
“The website states that the team works through advocacy and outreach activities.”
Source:Organisation“The website states: "No events at the moment."”
Source:Organisation
- Whether MDDA currently delivers services, funds others, conducts research, or mainly convenes volunteers.
- Which populations, places and health needs its work prioritises.
- Whether its focus on people of a particular ethnic or racial origin reflects beneficiaries, membership, or both.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and grant records showing activities, expenditure and partners.
- Programme descriptions or impact reports identifying beneficiaries, locations, outcomes and current collaborations.