Minhaj-Ul-Quran Welfare Foundation

Analysis

Minhaj-Ul-Quran Welfare Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Minhaj-Ul-Quran Welfare Foundation reported income of £4.5m and spending of £5.5m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £4.5m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Minhaj-Ul-Quran Welfare Foundation 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camp Simcha (£4.4m), The Railway Children (£4.5m) and Bournemouth and Poole Healthcare Trust (1) (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, charitable activities 6.9% and investments 5.7%. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 6.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.2m. It employed 23 people.