Is your zakah governance ready?
Zakah runs on trustA working morning for UK charities that collect and distribute zakah, with scholars, a leading charity lawyer and peer charities around the table.
Bring your trustees. Leave with a draft zakah policy.
- WhenMonday 9 November 2026, 9am to 2pm
- WhereCity Hall, Royal Victoria Dock, London
- WhoBy invitation, free for UK charities
A working morning, not a lecture
Every zakah payment is an amanah, and the questions around it are getting harder: Charity Commission scrutiny, sanctions, frozen funds, and donors who want to see where their zakah went. UK charities have done a great deal to strengthen how zakah is governed, and every charity is on the same journey.
So the morning is built around your work, not a set of talks. Three short briefings set the scene, then you write your own zakah policy at your table and put your questions directly to the scholars.
Your charity's own scholars and advisers are welcome, and the template is neutral, so you can complete it with their positions. No charity is named or singled out, and there's no obligation to adopt IFA's policy or seek certification.
Read IFA's Zakah PolicyWhat you'll leave with
- A draft zakah policy, completed at your table, ready for your own scholars and trustees
- A compliance checklist covering Commission expectations, sanctions and frozen funds
- Answers to your own questions from the scholars, plus a written Q&A digest after the event
- Contacts from peer charities at your regional table
- An offer of a free review of your policy from IFA after the event
Build your zakah policy
An hour at your table with a template, led by Shaykh Dr. Sajid Umar and Shaykh Fuad Abdo. Each section opens with a short framing from the scholars, then your table completes it.
Receiving zakah
Acting as the donor's agent (wakalah), the donor's intention, and keeping zakah separate from other funds.
Eligibility and evidence
The eight categories zakah is owed to, and how to evidence each recipient.
Distribution and costs
Timely distribution, admin and fundraising costs, paying influencers from zakah, and what happens if funds are frozen.
Governance
Shari'ah sign-off, trustee oversight and getting ready for an audit, with Mufti Amjad Mohammed.
Briefings, a workshop and the scholars
Arrival and networking breakfast
Seated at regional tables.
Welcome: is your zakah governance ready?
Zakah runs on trust
An opening reflection.
Governance under scrutiny: Commission, sanctions and Gaza
What charities are dealing with now: Charity Commission scrutiny, sanctions and counter-terrorism rules, frozen funds and tight deadlines, and the controls a zakah policy needs to meet them.
What donors want to see, what charities can show
The gap between what zakah donors want to see and what a charity can show, and what has changed since 2023.
Zakah audit: the how
What a zakah audit tests, how it is carried out, and how to prepare for one.
Workshop: build your zakah policy
An hour at your table with a template, section by section.
Refreshments and networking
Ask the scholars
A 60-minute live Q&A with your own questions, asked anonymously if you prefer.
Certified charities in their own words
What putting a zakah policy in place changed for them, and one lesson they'd pass on.
Close: next steps and support
Zuhr
Who you'll hear from
Built for the people who answer for zakah
CEOs and trustees
The people accountable for how a charity collects, holds and distributes zakah. Bring your trustees.
Finance and compliance leads
The people who keep the records, answer the regulator and prepare for an audit.
Your scholars and advisers
Your charity's own scholars and advisers are welcome, alongside Shari'ah-compliance professionals.
Essential for charity CEOs, trustees, finance and compliance leads.
Places are by invitation, for UK charities. Giving zakah yourself? See Before You Give
City Hall, on the Royal Docks
The forum is held at City Hall, the home of the Greater London Authority: a glass hall on the water in East London, with room to sit and talk between the sessions.
- Address
- City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London E16 1ZE
- Getting there
- The closest stations are Royal Victoria on the DLR and Custom House on the Elizabeth line and DLR.
Register your interest
Places are limited and by invitation. Share your details and our team will be in touch to confirm your place.
The day is filmed and photographed. We'll ask for your consent when we confirm your place.
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