Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 14
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +14

MASLAHA 

HEALTH RESOURCES E.G. WWW.TALKINGFROMTHEHEART.ORGEDUCATIONAL RESOURCESEXHIBITIONS, EXPLORING HISTORY, ART AND IDENTITY E.G. WWW.THEBOOKOFTRAVELS.ORG AND WWW.ICANBESHE.ORGCRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WORK
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
Established: 13 years

www.maslaha.org

info@maslaha.org

07535976936

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£529£340£188£0£744£38213.5510
31/03/22£558£376£182£0£555£2788.957
31/03/21£437£353£84n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20£371£289£82n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£252£335£-83n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/18£299£192£108£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£320£172£148£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£210£172£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£136£144£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£113£138£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£119£110£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£143£121£22£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 26%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 13.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 26 months
Quick Ratio: 66.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 5 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Doncaster, Leicester City, Peterborough City, Throughout London,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£392,881
National Lottery Community Fund£300,036
Pears Foundation£200,000
Esmee Fairbairn£165,000
Sport England£152,875
Tudor Trust£150,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£123,000
AB Charitable Trust£64,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards work on racialised groups in prison.
£20,000 03/07/2023
Maslaha works to change and challenge the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim and Black and brown communities. This two-year grant is restricted towards their work with racialised groups ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Maslaha
£15,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Maslaha
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Maslaha
£128,191 18/11/2022
Grant to Maslaha towards work to influence reform in the criminal justice system.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Equitable services for Muslims in the justice system 2022-24
£64,000 22/10/2022
To develop faith and community services that better meet the needs of Muslim people in prison and on probation.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Maslaha
£25,000 06/10/2022
A restricted grant of £25,000 towards the criminal justice programme, activities and associated core costs (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Maslaha
£4,000 09/06/2022
A restricted grant of £4,000 towards the costs of a retreat. Maslaha aims to increase awareness, promote equality and to change and challenge the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Families with Roots
£300,036 10/02/2022
The project aims to work with children and their parents & families across England to produce a range of multilingual resources to improve educational outcomes and increase confidence. Funding ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Maslaha
£150,000 19/01/2022
36
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation working to challenge and change the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim communities.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Maslaha
£150,000 01/11/2021
36
over three years as unrestricted funding for a charity working to challenge and change the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim communities in education, health, criminal justice and on the ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Maslaha
£100,000 26/10/2021
Core Funding
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Maslaha
£20,000 07/10/2021
A restricted grant of £20,000 for 3 years towards the criminal justice programme, activities and associated core costs (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Maslaha aims to increase ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Maslaha
£60,000 20/03/2021
36
Core costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£34,504 08/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Maslaha
£15,000 02/07/2020
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards criminal justice programme, activities and associated core costs. Maslaha aims to increase awareness, promote equality and to change and challenge the ....more
Comic Relief - Maslaha Recovery Funding
£39,250 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Sport England - Muslim Girls Fence
£141,875 30/04/2020
44
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity & Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Muslim Girls Fence. This project is a Fencing project, with a focus on ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Equitable services for Muslims in the justice system
£59,000 25/01/2020
24
To develop voluntary and community sector services that better meet the needs of Muslim people in prison.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Maslaha
£100,000 03/12/2019
24
Core funding
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Maslaha
£262,440 19/11/2019
36
To raise awareness of and halt the unequal and discriminatory treatment Muslims receive in the prison system through: religious and cultural training; increasing the use of scrutiny panels; ....more
Sport England - Muslim Girls Fence
£11,000 08/05/2019
44
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Muslim Girls Fence. This project is a Fencing project, with a focus on ....more
Greater London Authority - Muslim Girls Fence - Communities
£111,000 04/11/2018
‘Muslim Girls Fence - Communities’ tackles divisions, misconceptions and potential tensions between Muslim and non-Muslim women in increasingly segregated communities in East London. Using ....more
Greater London Authority - Muslim Girls Fence - Communities
£111,000 04/11/2018
‘Muslim Girls Fence - Communities’ tackles divisions, misconceptions and potential tensions between Muslim and non-Muslim women in increasingly segregated communities in East London. Using ....more
Sport England - Muslim Girls Fence
£65,933 08/10/2018
44
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Muslim Girls Fence. This project is a Fencing project, with a focus on ....more
Comic Relief - Muslim Girls Fence - Communities
£111,000 25/09/2018
24
‘Muslim Girls Fence - Communities’ tackles divisions, misconceptions and potential tensions between Muslim and non-Muslim women in increasingly segregated communities in East London. It will use ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Maslaha
£100,000 31/08/2017
24
Core funding
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Access to national prison schemes for Muslims in prison
£53,300 21/01/2017
21
To support a scoping study investigating the extent of Muslims prisoners' access to mainstream prison services provided by the voluntary sector.
Comic Relief - Muslim Girls Fence
£75,000 30/11/2016
24
Muslim girls face strong negative stereotypes and face disproportionate social inequalities in areas including education, employment and healthcare, with recent research showing Muslim women are 70% ....more
Sport England - Muslim Girls Fence
£9,100 20/11/2015
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Muslim Girls Fence'. This project is a Fencing project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Maslaha
£100,000 23/09/2015
24
Core Funding
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Muslim men and the criminal justice system
£29,000 03/02/2015
8
Scoping exercise to ascertain how prosecutors and sentencers can be more suitably equipped to deal with young Muslim men in the criminal justice system
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Maslaha
£30,000 26/06/2012
Towards the salary of the project developer and overheads to allow the chief executive to extend the breadth and the geographic and beneficiary reach of the organisation's activities.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/12/2010, number: 1139560
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/07/2010, number: 07309979
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR16: 0 days late, AR15: 27 days late,
Main office

Maslaha
Oxford House
Derbyshire Street
Bethnal Green
London
E2 6HG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND ITSPRACTICE AND TO THEREBY PROMOTE A GREATER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM ANDITS DAILY PRACTICE AMONGST MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE; ANDTO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOTEXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) RAISING PUBLIC SECTOR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM AND THE NEED FORSERVICES THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY TAILORED FOR AND SENSITIVE TO THE PRACTICES OFMUSLIM COMMUNITIES; AND(B) PROMOTING AND INFORMING DIALOGUE, DEBATE AND GREATER UNDERSTANDING BETWEENMUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS ON ISSUES OF COHESION AND INTEGRATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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