Bristol Islamic Schools Trust

Analysis

Bristol Islamic Schools Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Bristol Islamic Schools Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £51k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £824k to £70k (-91%), an average of -46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bristol Islamic Schools Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alliance for Transatlantic Theological Training (£70k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Barnabas, Northolt Park (£70k) and Hale Chapel (£70k).