Al-Aqsa Schools Trust

Analysis

Al-Aqsa Schools Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Al-Aqsa Schools Trust reported income of £962k and spending of £855k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £753k to £962k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Al-Aqsa Schools Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shaarei Torah Trust (£961k), The Methodist Church Nottingham & Derby District (£962k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Islington (£959k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £892k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.