Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -5

BRITISH MUSLIMS FOR SECULAR DEMOCRACY

BMSD aims to raise awareness within British Muslims and the wider public of democracy, particularly secular democracy, helping to contribute to a shared vision of citizenship. We conduct various activities to this end, including democracy workshops with refugees, grassroots leadership projects with young Muslims, policy papers, research reports, press work and conferences / seminars.

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Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 16 years

www.bmsd.org.uk

info@bmsd.org.uk

020 7097 4993

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£3	£17	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£13	£29	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£10	£24	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£17	£41	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£76	£42	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18		£39	£43	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£43	£51	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£58	£46	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£58	£51	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14?		£30	£25	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£25	£25	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£26	£40	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£39	£50	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10		£47	£43	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09		£35	£31	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08	*	£45	£37	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Islington,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental wellbeing changemakers - pilot project
£9,890	15/10/2021	The funding will be used to deliver a six-month pilot project engaging with Muslim changemakers and influencers to be mental health ambassadors within their communities. The project will be rolled ....more The funding will be used to deliver a six-month pilot project engaging with Muslim changemakers and influencers to be mental health ambassadors within their communities. The project will be rolled out with a focus on minority Muslim communities such as LGBT+ Muslims black Muslims and religious minorities such as Ahmadiyya Muslims.
National Lottery Community Fund - Democracy Workshops
£10,000	14/09/2018 12	The project will deliver a range of wellbeing activities and career workshops for women from Muslim backgrounds. The aim is to encourage independence and gain skills to take part in the community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Democracy Workshops
£10,000	08/07/2015 12	Workshops and activities including career taster sessions, health and wellbeing and networking sessions will be provided for isolated women from Muslim backgrounds to help them gain knowledge and ....more Workshops and activities including career taster sessions, health and wellbeing and networking sessions will be provided for isolated women from Muslim backgrounds to help them gain knowledge and skills and to take part in community life.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 54-74

ANDREW GREGG Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Charity Director

ANILA BAIG Appointed: 2020

DR IRFAN AHMAD MALIK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Gp

JOHN SUNDERLAND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Hr Consultant, Other trusteeship: ST MARK'S FAMILY CENTRE,

MONA SHEAVES Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Writer

NIALA BUTT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN (Chair), Occupation: Journalist, Other trusteeship: THE OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2008, number: 1122730
Registered at Companies House on 14/08/2006, number: 05905516

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR08: 63 days late,

Main office

BMSD
7-14 Great Dover Street
C A N Mezzanine
LONDON
SE1 4YR

Objectives

3. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (THE OBJECTS) ARE(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN:(A) THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND ITS VARIOUS TRADITIONS AND THE CUSTOMS OF MUSLIM COMMUNITIES; AND (B) THE GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, LAW, ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION; AND (C) DEMOCRACY AND, IN PARTICULAR, SECULAR DEMOCRACY;(2) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY :(A) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION SO AS TO CREATE A CLIMATE IN WHICH RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, CULTURAL AND OTHER FORMS OF DIVERSITY (IN PARTICULAR THOSE RELATING TO THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES) CAN BE CELEBRATED WITHOUT FEAR OF PERSECUTION;(B) REPRESENTING A RANGE OF VIEWS INCLUDING THOSE OF THE VARIOUS MUSLIM COMMUNITIES TO POLICY MAKERS, FUNDERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AN OTHER AGENCIES;(C) TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY EDUCATING MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, HINDUS, JEWS, SIKHS AND ADHERENTS TO OTHER RELIGIONS AND SYSTEMS OF BELIEF (AS RECOGNISED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 9 OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS), AGNOSTICS, SECULARISTS, HUMANISTS TO APPRECIATE EACH OTHERS DISTINCTIVE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, AND(D) PROMOTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH LEADING TO RESPECT FOR RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FAITHS AND SYSTEMS OF BELIEF.3(3) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP BY ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND SO AS TO DEVELOP AN INCLUSIVE, PLURALISTIC AND MULTI FAITH SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: NATIONALLY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

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