Al-Medina Education Trust

Analysis

Al-Medina Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Al-Medina Education Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £32k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £11k to £26k (+126%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Al-Medina Education Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CLWB Yf Efail (The Smithy Centre) (£26k), Twinkle Trust Animal Aid (£26k) and Friends of Colombia for Social Aid (£26k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.