Ash-Shifa Banbury
Analysis
Ash-Shifa Banbury is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending August 2025, Ash-Shifa Banbury reported income of £99k and spending of £98k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £32k to £99k (+210%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 330%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ash-Shifa Banbury sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Assembly of God Pentecostal of Maculusso (£99k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Gregory, Seaton (£99k) and Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Church, Barrow Upon Soar, and St Mary, Walton Le Wolds, Leicestershire (£99k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
- Seminars - Open to all members of the community, engaging over 2000 attendees.- Burdah Nights - Allowing participants to engage with the Islamic traditions of poetry, singing and praise.- Visit to Islamic Religious Sites - Taking a group of students to visit Islamic religious sites annually.- Retreats - Offering retreats to help with spiritual as well as academic achievement.