Golden Mosque Islamic Cultural Centre

Analysis

Golden Mosque Islamic Cultural Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, 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, Golden Mosque Islamic Cultural Centre reported income of £594k and spending of £493k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £307k to £594k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Golden Mosque Islamic Cultural Centre sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Manchester Somali Islamic Cultural Trust (£593k), Islwyn Ministry Area (£596k) and Whetstone Baptist Church (£593k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 49%, donations and legacies 48% and investments 3.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £597k would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 47 people.