Management Updates

17th October 2025

Update from the New Management Team

Assalamu Alaikum

Dear All, On behalf of the Management Team of the mosque, we can provide you an update as follows;

1. £100 contributions status
To date we have had 43 out of the 135 known members that have paid their £100 as well as extra contributions from individuals and staff from local businesses.

2. Masjid important work;
Roof works have been completed costing £3900, however we do have a few things to do e.g door for the tank room and some caps to be fitted and sealed around pipes.

Other works ; We have instructed FIS move forward with the compliance works such as Gas Safety, Fire Alarm, Fire Extinguishers, EICR etc

Security; to be undertaken next

Insurance; can be put in place when the above works are completed.

These works are urgent, and without members support it cannot happen and places greater risk to the masjid building. We need to generate the £5.7k of the £10k that we asked for.

We all have seen the increase in Islamophobia and in the last week, arson / attacks to mosques eg Liverpool and Peacehaven. The sooner we can raise the remaining monies from members, the quicker we can enable the remedial works needed.

3. Membership subscription
Can we remind members the the membership increase to £20/month which started from July. Please can those on direct debit update and those that have working over 18+ adults residing with the members also start their direct debits.

4. Utilities
Old Mosque;
Old building water debt has been paid. Nothing further to action at moment.

Note that the previous gas electric debt has been significantly reduced and we are on a payment plan for outstanding balance.
Gas disconnected
Electric new contract sorted.

New Mosque;
We in a new contract for electric and gas

So overall our monthly costs are reduced

5. Debt
New mosque debt of £24k has been removed by the solicitors. So for the moment we are cleared however it may raise its head again but we will fend it off as much as possible.

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