Qadria Trust (UK)
Charity 1129096
Overview
Summary
Qadria Trust appears to function primarily as a neighbourhood mosque and community education hub in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, using faith-based activities, supplementary education and volunteering to build local social infrastructure. Its role extends beyond worship: it combines facilities for a growing congregation with children’s learning, community gatherings and fundraising for both its own mosque development and wider humanitarian causes. The available evidence suggests an organisation whose local relationship base may enable charitable action beyond Birmingham, although the scale and delivery model of this work are unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East
Confidence: medium
Direct current evidence identifies the Trust's mosque and Community Education Centre in Sparkbrook, where regular prayer, education, gatherings and food provision take place. Birmingham City Council identifies Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East as a current ward geography, but the supplied evidence does not directly identify the Trust's location as being within the ward.
- Qadria Trust website — homepage
Direct evidence: the Trust says its Education Centre was established for the Sparkbrook community and currently provides five daily prayers, Jumm'ah prayers, children's education facilities, and weekly gatherings. - Qadria Trust website — Our History
Direct evidence: Qadria Trust purchased and operates a former factory building in Sparkbrook as its Masjid; it reports around 20 teachers and 200 students at its Community Education Centre, alongside regular congregational prayer and Sunday gatherings. - Qadria Trust website — Hot Food for the Needy
Direct evidence: hot meals are cooked in-house at Qadria Trust every Sunday from 4pm to 6pm, with people invited to attend at Qadria Trust. - Birmingham City Council — Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East ward map
Direct evidence: Birmingham City Council identifies Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East as a current ward geography.
City Centre
Confidence: medium
The Trust's current project page states that its hot meals have also been donated to Homeless One's Digbeth centre, which it identifies as being in Birmingham City Centre. This supports a secondary delivery connection, but the page does not give dates, frequency, or confirm that distribution there remains active.
- Qadria Trust website — Hot Food for the Needy
Direct evidence: the Trust says its hot meals have been distributed locally and also donated to Homeless One's Digbeth centre, described on the page as being in Birmingham City Centre.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence strongly supports one principal operating hub in Sparkbrook, but does not establish regular service-delivery sites elsewhere in Birmingham.
- The supplied evidence does not directly identify the Trust's Sparkbrook hub as being within the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East ward.
- The Trust describes food donations to Homeless One's Digbeth centre in the present-perfect tense, but does not specify whether this arrangement is current, how often it occurs, or whether it is a formal partnership.
- References to serving the wider Birmingham Muslim community indicate a broader audience for the Sparkbrook hub, but do not demonstrate citywide delivery locations or a citywide service catchment.
- International appeals and charitable objects concern fundraising and potential overseas relief; the available evidence does not show that the Trust directly delivers operational services outside Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable or annual report listing the locations, frequency and beneficiary catchments of all regular services.
- Confirmation from Qadria Trust or Homeless One of whether food distribution to the Digbeth centre is active, recurrent, and delivered under a continuing partnership.
- Details of any additional Birmingham venues used for education, gatherings, outreach, welfare support or events.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A mosque operating as community infrastructure
The Trust appears to use its mosque and education centre as a shared base for religious practice, learning, gatherings and community participation, rather than operating as a narrowly worship-focused institution.
Why it matters
This helps explain its likely local value: its building may be an important point of connection for people across ages, linking faith, education and informal community support.
Show evidence
“The education centre was established in 2005 for the Sparkbrook community of Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation“The Trust provides space for five daily prayers, Jumm’ah prayers, children’s education facilities, and weekly gatherings for men and women.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space and provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission
Education may be its main route to long-term local influence
Its supplementary Madrassah appears to be a sustained relationship with local families, potentially making education a central mechanism through which the Trust connects generations to the organisation and wider community life.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the Trust from organisations offering occasional events: regular education can create durable family relationships, volunteering pathways and future community leadership.
Show evidence
“The Madrassah is an evening supplementary school providing Islamic education to boys and girls aged 5 to 16.”
Source:Organisation“Service users are encouraged to volunteer their time for the betterment of the community.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people.”
Source:Charity Commission
Local institution, outward-facing charitable ambitions
The Trust appears to combine place-based community provision with fundraising for international humanitarian and development causes, using its local congregation as a platform for wider charitable action.
Why it matters
This may make the organisation a bridge between local civic life in Birmingham and transnational networks of giving, concern and solidarity.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include relieving poverty anywhere in the world through education, training, healthcare projects and support for sustainable income.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's objects include relief for victims of natural or other disasters through money, food, health, shelter and medical aid.”
Source:Charity Commission“Current appeals include Khush Nabah Hospital, safe water, hunger, marriage shelter, Gaza Fund Palestine and a Zakat Fund.”
Source:Organisation
- It is unclear how many people use the mosque, education services, gatherings or recreational activities, and which groups are least reached.
- The evidence does not show how international appeals are delivered, monitored or connected to partner organisations.
- The relationship between the continuing mosque fundraising and the organisation's existing facilities is not clear.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual reports or accounts showing income allocation, beneficiary numbers, volunteer involvement and the balance between local and international expenditure.
- Information on delivery partners, completed projects and safeguarding or quality assurance for education and community services.
- Evidence on local needs, participant feedback and relationships with other Sparkbrook organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
1) Providing education, training, sports and recreational activities to local members of the community. 2) Getting members of ethnic communities involved in healthy religious activities such as prayers, discussions, etc. 3) Providing services all age groups. 4) The Qadria Trust is involved in various fundraising activities for the building of a new Mosque.
Charity objects
1) To advance the Islamic religion in Islamic ethos for the benefit of the public through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, public celebration of religious festivals and producing and/or distributing literature on Islam to enlighten others about the Islamic faith 2) The prevention or relief of poverty anywhere in the world by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient 3) The relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural or other kinds of disaster in the form of money, food, health and shelter for persons, bodies, organisations and/or countries affected including the provision of medical aid 4) To advance the education of the public in particular but not exclusively in the subject of languages including English, Urdu and Arabic.