Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Balham Mosque is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities.
Balham Mosque (number 271538) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Balham Mosque do?
The principal activities and objective of the charity is the advancement of religion by conduct of public worship and the religious instruction of person according to the tenets of the religion of Islam.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Balham Mosque
Answers Balham Mosque gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Balham Mosque's highest-paid staff paid?
Balham Mosque's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does Balham Mosque's money come from?
Balham Mosque reported £1.1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £552k (52%), investments £452k (43%), charitable activities £54k (5%).
Donations and legacies£552k · 52%
Investments£452k · 43%
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£54k · 5%
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Balham Mosque as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Balham Mosque's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Lambeth · Wandsworth · Kent · Surrey
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Provides Human Resources; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Balham Mosque registered for?
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingReligious Activities
Why is there no Clarity Score for Balham Mosque yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Balham Mosque.
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The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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The register data used for this profile lists Balham Mosque as a registered charity (number 271538) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Balham Mosque's charity number?
Balham Mosque's charity number is 271538. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 271538?
Search 271538 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Balham Mosque do?
The principal activities and objective of the charity is the advancement of religion by conduct of public worship and the religious instruction of person according to the tenets of the religion of Islam.
Does Balham Mosque have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Balham Mosque. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Balham Mosque?
Balham Mosque's website listed in our register data is http://www.balhammosque.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Balham Mosque's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Balham Mosque's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Balham Mosque's money come from?
Balham Mosque reported £1.1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £552k (52%), investments £452k (43%), charitable activities £54k (5%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Balham Mosque?
The register records Balham Mosque as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Balham Mosque's trustees paid?
Balham Mosque's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Balham Mosque registered as a charity?
Balham Mosque was entered on the register on 4 August 1976.