Dorset Islamic Cultural Association

Analysis

Dorset Islamic Cultural Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Islamic Cultural Association reported income of £36k and spending of £23k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,928 to £36k (+355%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dorset Islamic Cultural Association sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster (£36k), Mr Herbert Miller's Settlement Trust (£36k) and Eternal Life Christian Chapel (£36k).