Registered charity 1209301

Afghan Gwent Community Centre

What it does

To provide social, religious and recreational facilities for the Muslim Community in Newport and Wales. To provide awareness of Islamic faith to the general public and the Muslim Community. To encourage and facilitate Community and Social cohesion among other faith and other communities. To assist in the elimination of poverty among the Muslim Community in Wales. To facilitate Interfaith dial

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

1) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES AND PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISLAMIC BELIEFS.3) TO FURTHER BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GWENT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.4) TO RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SERVICES.5) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Preventing or relieving poverty
Religious activities
Human rights, equality and diversity
Recreation
Who it helps: People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
The general public
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 5 April 2025, it had income of £20,784 and spent £18,929.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
5 April 2025	£20,784	£18,929	Not reported	10

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 91% of its income in the year to 5 April 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 5 April 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

3 trustees run the charity.

Sayed HabibiChairAppointed 20 March 2024
Muhib UllahAppointed 20 March 2024
Wahed AlizadaAppointed 20 March 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived after the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
5 April 2025	5 February 2026	Received 6 April 2026, 60 days late	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1209301
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 26 July 2024
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20 MAR 2024
Council area of its contact address: Newport

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

5 April 2025

£20,784

£18,929

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

5 April 2025

5 February 2026

Received 6 April 2026, 60 days late

Not required