One Ummah Northfield
Charity 1193762
Overview
Summary
One Ummah Northfield appears to be a locally rooted Muslim charity whose central role is to establish a permanent mosque and, through it, create a wider religious, educational and social anchor for Muslim families in Northfield and nearby areas. It currently combines worship provision with a capital fundraising campaign, apparently operating from a temporary venue while seeking a more durable base. Its strategy relies heavily on faith-motivated individual giving and presents the proposed mosque as community infrastructure rather than solely a prayer space.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bartley Green
Confidence: high
Direct evidence identifies Long Nuke Tenants Hall as the venue for the organisation's prayer services. Birmingham City Council records place Long Nuke Tenants Hall in the Bartley Green ward. The organisation's current operational identity is nevertheless neighbourhood-focused on Northfield and its immediate surroundings, rather than on the whole ward or city.
- One Ummah Northfield official website, Prayer Services section
The website describes daily salah and Jumu'ah prayer arrangements and gives the venue as Long Nuke Tenants Hall, Birmingham. - Birmingham City Council, polling-station notice and polling-district review
Long Nuke Tenants Hall is listed within polling district BAR7, in the Bartley Green ward. - Charity Commission register, One Ummah Northfield (charity 1193762)
The charity reports operating a mosque providing daily, Friday, Eid and funeral prayers, alongside an evening supplementary Madrasah.
Remaining uncertainties
- The official website presents Long Nuke Tenants Hall as the prayer venue, but its prayer timetable contains placeholder daily-prayer times and states that the venue closes at 2:00pm after Jumu'ah. This supports use of the hall for congregational prayer, but does not independently confirm the current frequency of all listed services.
- The Charity Commission record says that the charity operates a mosque and Madrasah, while also recording that it owns and/or leases no land or property. This is consistent with use of hired premises, but the available evidence does not identify the current venue for Madrasah, Eid or funeral services.
- The organisation repeatedly describes its purpose as serving Northfield and its immediate surrounding area and is fundraising to establish a permanent masjid there. However, this is principally a stated service focus and future project objective; the available evidence does not establish a current service site within the Northfield ward itself.
- The Charity Commission categorises the charity as operating in Birmingham City, but this broad reporting category does not demonstrate citywide delivery. No evidence was found of current operational sites or materially evidenced delivery elsewhere in Birmingham.
- No material partnership extending the organisation's operational reach was evidenced. Long Nuke Tenants Hall appears to be a venue used by the organisation, but the evidence does not establish a formal operational partnership with the hall operator.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable or booking confirmation identifying which prayer, Madrasah, Eid and funeral services are presently delivered at Long Nuke Tenants Hall or other venues.
- Evidence of any current Northfield-based venue, property search activity, or programme delivery location, to distinguish active delivery in Northfield from the proposed permanent-masjid project.
- A recent trustees' annual report or activity report specifying service locations, catchment and the role of any venue or community partners.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A permanent home is the organisation's central strategic objective
The organisation appears to be in a transition from providing services in hired or temporary premises to building or acquiring a permanent mosque. Fundraising is therefore not peripheral activity: it is the mechanism through which the organisation seeks to secure its future operating model.
Why it matters
This explains why donation appeals dominate its public presence. The charity should be understood as an emerging institution-building project, not only as an existing worship provider.
Show evidence
“The project objective is to purchase and or build a Masjid for Northfield and surrounding areas within a 2 to 3 year time frame.”
Source:Organisation“Prayer services list Long Nuke Tenants Hall as the venue.”
Source:Organisation
The proposed mosque is framed as multi-purpose civic infrastructure
Although its charitable purpose is religious advancement, the planned facility appears intended to combine worship with education, youth activity, study space and practical communal amenities. This may indicate an ambition to create a local hub serving several dimensions of community life.
Why it matters
This broadens the likely significance of the project: its impact may depend not only on prayer attendance, but on whether it can become a place for learning, youth engagement and community connection.
Show evidence
“The initial budget aims to provide prayer facilities, women's facilities, a library, study rooms, permanent classrooms, a kitchen and a youth centre.”
Source:Organisation“The charity operates a mosque, provides prayer services and runs an evening supplementary Madrasah attended by local students.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation's case rests on a perceived geographic access gap
One Ummah Northfield presents itself as responding to an unmet local need: a growing Muslim population without a mosque in Northfield or its immediate surroundings. This is a strong organising narrative, but the available evidence does not independently establish the size, distribution or needs of that population.
Why it matters
If accurate, this identifies the charity as a response to spatial exclusion from religious and community infrastructure. It also highlights the importance of understanding who currently travels elsewhere for worship and what services are unavailable locally.
Show evidence
“Northfield and its immediate surrounding area does not have a masjid.”
Source:Organisation“Northfield and its surroundings have a growing population of Muslim families.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the stated £500,000 target is sufficient for acquisition, construction, fit-out and ongoing operation.
- Which local groups, schools, faith organisations or public bodies the charity already works with.
- How many people use current prayer, funeral and Madrasah services, and whether women, young people and non-Muslim neighbours participate in wider activities.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent accounts, fundraising records and a breakdown of capital costs, secured funds and recurring income.
- Evidence of local Muslim population need, current travel patterns to mosques and consultation with residents.
- Information on partnerships, governance, safeguarding, venue security and plans for delivering the proposed youth and educational facilities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We operate a mosque which provides daily prayers, Friday & Eid prayers and funeral prayers. A qualified Imam leads the daily prayers. There is also an evening supplementary Madrasah which is attended by local students. Our facilities are open to the people of every walk of life.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND CARRYING OUT OUTREACH WORK IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY