Lancashire Council of Mosques

Analysis

Lancashire Council of Mosques is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in November 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lancashire Council of Mosques reported income of £19k and spending of £30k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £53k to £19k (-64%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lancashire Council of Mosques sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£19k), Helsby Golf Club Powered Wheelchair Appeal (£19k) and Wrexham Community Gardeners (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.