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Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (School of Islamic Sufism)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1010542LondonHealth and saving lives
Income£411k2025-12-31
Spending£13ksame year
Spent / received11%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1992Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (School of Islamic Sufism) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (School of Islamic Sufism) reported income of £411k and spending of £13k, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £53k to £411k (+678%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 584%. Over the whole period it spent 11% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (School of Islamic Sufism) sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% 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 Helping Hands Community Project (£411k), British Elbow & Shoulder Society (£411k) and Bettenhurst Charity Limited (£411k).

Income and spending

£0£103k£206k£308k£411k2021 Income: £52,8662021 Spending: £9,58020212022 Income: £52,8682022 Spending: £13,56120222023 Income: £67,1372023 Spending: £9,49020232024 Income: £60,0832024 Spending: £25,45220242025 Income: £411,1102025 Spending: £13,4322025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Weekly webcasts & lectures on Sufism, Koran classes & book reading, Tamarkoz (Meditation) classes, translation classes, Farsi classes, ceremonies & other events, interfaith activities, musical performances, arts and crafts and tuition on traditional Iranian instruments

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Helping Hands Community ProjectWarwickshire£411k
British Elbow & Shoulder SocietyLondon£411k
Bettenhurst Charity LimitedLondon£411k
Welsh Church Act Fund Within the Areas of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough CouncilsMid Glamorgan£412k