Membership Subscription
As of January 2023, the annual membership subscription is £30 (or £2.50 monthly) by Bank Standing Order (or PayPal). Please [Contact Us] with proof of your first payment before your account can be activated. Any existing member who makes regular donations or sends monthly Hilal reports is exempt from any subs payment. New members may request an exemption after the first year of membership.Standard Membership
Anyone from the British Isles (UK) is allowed to become a member of ICOUK and benefit from the products and services offered as explained on the About Us page. To become an ICOUK member, you need to complete a Membership Registration form, pay the subscription fee, and wait for it to be approved by our website administrator (usually within 72 hours). This will be done as quickly as possible if all the details are completed accurately and you have responded to the confirmation email promptly.
Once your registration has been approved, you will be able to (a) log in to the website and access the members-only pages; (b) invited to take part in the discussion forum (from groups.io); (c) receive monthly reminder email newsletter (from the website); (d) join the WhatsApp broadcast list for regular moon sighting updates (by adding our admin's number to your contact list).
All the above membership benefits are managed by (and synchronised with) our ICOUK website database. In order to keep your account active, it is essential for you to interact with the website by logging in regularly. It's also important to open the monthly email newsletter (usually titled, “Hilal Sighting Reminder for ...”) sent from
If you do not access the website (e.g. login) for up to 3 months, your account may be automatically disabled at any time. Inactive accounts are disabled/archived at least once a year to provide an efficient service to all active members (at the lowest maintenance cost) and also to comply with the GDPR laws. Reactivating an account will incur an admin fee (£30). Please [Contact Us] if you need further help.
Anonymous Membership
The basic details of all registered members (i.e. name, city, county) are displayed on your moon sighting reports. You can also join the UK Regional Hilal Groups on WhatsApp to network with each other for moon sighting purposes, such as providing training to new members and/or organising relevant events.
We have also added an option on our Membership Registration form for Anonymous Membership to help those who wish to benefit from (or support) our ICOUK activities, but do not wish to join the discussion forum (groups.io) for regular updates.
Our website administrator will contact anyone who chooses to be an Anonymous Member to confirm the reasons for their anonymity before their account is activated. This process may take a few days to organise, so please provide a snapshot of any documentary evidence of your position (e.g., Masjid Imam) on letterhead for anyone requesting anonymity.
Regular Donation
In order to provide an efficient service to all our members (as well as all our website visitors) on an ongoing basis, we have invested in the latest technologies which require regular updates, maintenance, security and new development of products and services.
Therefore, we request all members to set up a monthly donation of a small amount by bank Standing Orders using the bank details on the donate page, InshaAllah.
The type of membership donation will have a code for G(old), B(ronze) or S(ilver), to denote a monthly donation of £10 (G), £5 (B) or £2.50 (S) at the date of publication (September 2018), which may change in future. All Anonymous Members are required to make a regular donation to cover the extra cost of manually maintaining their accounts.