The Essex Jamme Masjid Trust

Analysis

The Essex Jamme Masjid Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02023311). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Essex Jamme Masjid Trust reported income of £413k and spending of £360k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £154k to £413k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Essex Jamme Masjid Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charity of the Sisters of the Resurrection (£413k), Mount Elim Evangelical Church (£414k) and Assembleia de Deus No Reino Unido (£412k).