Suleman Trust
Charity 1185251
Overview
Summary
Suleman Trust appears to be a faith-rooted local civic organisation that uses Islamic practice and education as a base for wider community support. Its stated activity combines practical relief, women’s social connection, youth development and poverty-focused fundraising, suggesting a role that extends beyond worship into neighbourhood wellbeing. The available evidence indicates an outward-facing approach to religious identity, but does not yet show the scale, geography or durability of its local partnerships.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Aston
Confidence: high
The organisation's official Masjid-E-Aman website identifies Suleman Trust as trading as Masjid-E-Aman in Aston and describes worship, Islamic education and community-support activity. This supports an active local base in Aston, although the Charity Commission records that the charity does not own or lease property.
- Charity Commission register, Suleman Trust (charity no. 1185251)
Records the working name 'Masjid-E-Aman and Islamic Education Centre' and states that the charity operates in Birmingham City. - Masjid-E-Aman official website
States that 'Suleman Trust Trading as Masjid-E-Aman' is registered in Aston, and presents the mosque/education centre as providing worship, religious classes and community support.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission's Birmingham City operating-area entry is direct evidence of the charity's own reported geographic scope, but there is no current location-specific evidence showing regular delivery across multiple Birmingham wards.
- The official website describes the organisation's mission as serving the 'local community'; this reasonably supports a neighbourhood-based operational identity centred on Aston, but it does not define the catchment boundary.
- The organisation's activities include food support, coffee mornings, holiday activities and fundraising, but the available current evidence does not identify where each activity is delivered or whether any occur away from the Aston base.
- No material operational partnerships, satellite venues or separately evidenced delivery locations were identified.
- Although the organisation operates as Masjid-E-Aman in Aston, the Charity Commission records that it does not own or lease land or property. The precise tenure and whether every service is delivered at the Aston base remain unclear.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report or activity report specifying the venues, dates and locations of food provision, women's sessions and children's/youth activities.
- Current programme, event or booking information confirming which services are delivered in Aston and any venues used elsewhere.
- Evidence from named partner organisations, if any, showing joint delivery locations and the extent to which partnerships extend the charity's reach beyond Aston.
- A statement from the organisation defining its usual beneficiary catchment and whether its Birmingham City registration entry reflects active citywide delivery or charitable purposes only.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith appears to be the organisation’s platform for civic participation
The evidence suggests that Suleman Trust is not solely a worship or religious-education provider. It appears to translate its faith mission into practical local activity, including food support, social inclusion and activities for children and young people.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the Trust from a narrowly congregational organisation. It may occupy a bridging role between Muslim community life and wider local wellbeing.
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“The objects include providing a place of worship, religious education and promoting multicultural and religious harmony.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include collecting food for a food bank, a collection point for homeless people, coffee mornings for local women and summer holiday activities for children and youth.”
Source:Organisation
The Trust may address isolation across generations
Its activities suggest attention to groups whose isolation can be overlooked: local women seeking social connection and children or young people during school holidays. The organisation may be creating informal routes into wider community participation.
Why it matters
This points to a possible preventative role: building relationships before needs become crises, rather than focusing only on emergency support.
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“Coffee mornings for local women encourage socialising and integration with people of all or no faiths and backgrounds.”
Source:Organisation“Summer holiday activities for children and youth include sports, gardening, games, arts and crafts, and cooking lessons.”
Source:Organisation
Its operating model may combine direct provision with redistribution
The Trust appears to undertake hands-on local activity while also having the formal capacity to make grants to individuals and organisations. This may allow it to respond both through its own programmes and through financial support to others.
Why it matters
If active in both roles, the Trust could be a useful connector or resource-holder within a local support network, rather than only a service provider.
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“The charity helps by making grants to individuals and making grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include fundraising for poverty relief covering healthcare, education and building.”
Source:Organisation
- It is unclear whether poverty-relief fundraising is focused on Birmingham, elsewhere in the UK or internationally.
- There is no evidence about the Trust’s partners, service scale, funding sources or the communities reached.
- The relationship between its grant-making role and its direct activities is not described.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity reports showing beneficiaries, locations, outcomes and programme scale.
- Information on grants awarded, recipient organisations and the geographic focus of poverty-relief fundraising.
- Evidence of formal or informal partnerships with food banks, homelessness services, schools, faith groups or local authorities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
-Collect food for food bank and hand and set up a collection point for homeless people to collect food -Coffee mornings for local women to encourage socialising and integration with people of all/no faiths and backgrounds -Summer holiday activities for children and youth (sports, gardening, games, arts & crafts, cooking lessons etc) -Fundraising for poverty relief (healthcare, education, building
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: A) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE UK IN ACCORDANCE WITH AL-QURAN AND THE SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMED (PBUH) AND FOLLOWING THE AHLI SUNNAH WAL JAMAAH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY • PROVIDING A PLACE OF WORSHIP • RELIGIOUS EDUCATION • THE PROMOTION OF MULTICULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS IN ORDER TO FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERATION • PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING MATERIAL AND HOLDING EVENTS ABOUT ISLAM TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.