Baraka Community Association

Analysis

Baraka Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Kensington. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Baraka Community Association reported income of £283k and spending of £285k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £247k to £283k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Baraka Community Association sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chai Institute (£283k), Classrooms in the Clouds (£284k) and Welsh Islamic Cultural Association Swansea (£283k).