Zia Ul Ummah Centre
Charity 1190543
Overview
Summary
Zia Ul Ummah Centre appears to be a faith-based community institution whose role extends beyond worship: it combines a mosque with madrassah provision and identifies both younger and older people as beneficiaries. Its operating model seems centred on maintaining a physical place where religious practice, Islamic education and access to advice or information can occur. The available evidence suggests an intergenerational local anchor, but gives little indication of its scale, partnerships, reach beyond its congregation or the specific needs addressed through its advice provision.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Bordesley Green
Confidence: low
The charity's current reported activities are a place of worship and Quran/Islamic-studies classes delivered by the centre. However, the supplied evidence does not directly establish that these activities are delivered in Bordesley Green Ward.
- Charity Commission, Zia Ul Ummah Centre trustees' report and accounts for year ended 30 June 2024
States that during the year the centre provided a place of worship and educational classes for Quran and Islamic studies for the Birmingham community. - Birmingham City Council, Notice of Poll and Persons Nominated, 2026
The document is headed as an election for Bordesley Green Ward.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence supports active delivery from a single centre, but does not identify the precise premises arrangement or establish the ward in which activities are delivered. The Charity Commission register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property, so the centre may be occupied or used through another arrangement.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity's area of operation, and the annual report refers to the Birmingham community. However, neither source evidences regular delivery at other Birmingham sites, outreach activity, or service provision across multiple wards.
- No material partnership extending the Centre's operational geography was evidenced. A separate Zia Ul Ummah Foundation shares an address with the charity, but the available evidence does not establish a current operational partnership or that its activities are delivered by this charity.
Additional evidence needed
- A current timetable, service leaflet, or official social-media/website material identifying the venue or venues used for worship and madrassah classes.
- Confirmation from the charity of its active delivery site and whether it uses any additional sites in Birmingham.
- Evidence of any formal delivery partnerships, shared facilities arrangements, or outreach programmes that operate beyond Bordesley Green.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
An intergenerational faith anchor
The combination of mosque and madrassah provision, alongside stated support for children/young people and older people, may indicate that the centre connects religious learning, worship and community participation across generations.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie not only in delivering religious activity, but in sustaining continuity between generations within a local faith community.
Show evidence
“A mosque and madrassah in the city of Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation“Children/young People, Elderly/old People.”
Source:Charity Commission
The building is likely central to its delivery model
The centre appears to rely on a physical venue as a platform for worship, education and potentially informal community contact, rather than operating solely through outreach or grant-making.
Why it matters
Understanding the organisation as place-based helps identify it as potential local infrastructure: its premises may enable activities and relationships not visible in a narrow description of religious services.
Show evidence
“By the provision of a place of worship and Islamic education.”
Source:Charity Commission“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space.”
Source:Charity Commission
Advice provision may be an underexplored community-facing function
Its stated provision of advocacy, advice or information suggests the centre may have a role beyond religious observance, but the available evidence does not show whether this is formal support, signposting or occasional assistance.
Why it matters
This could be an important bridge between a faith community and wider local services; clarifying it may reveal unmet needs, referral relationships or collaboration opportunities.
Show evidence
“Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission“Religious Activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether services are open to the wider public or primarily serve a congregation.
- What advice, advocacy or information is provided and through which relationships.
- The scale, frequency and accessibility of worship, madrassah and community activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- A description of regular programmes, attendance and participant groups.
- Information on referral partners, local collaborations and advice topics.
- Evidence of how children, older people and other residents use the centre.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
A mosque and madrassah in the city of Birmingham
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION.