Afghan Ekta Cultural/Religious Community Centre

Analysis

Afghan Ekta Cultural/Religious Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southall. It was registered in September 2001, 25 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 services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Afghan Ekta Cultural/Religious Community Centre reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.3m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.7m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Afghan Ekta Cultural/Religious Community Centre sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Church Ministries (£1.7m), Trinity Baptist Church (£1.7m) and Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Slough (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £11.1m would cover about 101 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.