Al Badr Islamic Trust

Analysis

Al Badr Islamic Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Al Badr Islamic Trust reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.1m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Al Badr Islamic Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Universal Pentecostal Church (£2.1m), Finchley Reform Synagogue (£2.1m) and Church Burgesses Trust (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 22% and investments 4.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.