Al-Huda Academy

Analysis

Al-Huda Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Al-Huda Academy reported income of £871k and spending of £806k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £451k to £871k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Al-Huda Academy sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trans World Radio Limited (£870k), The Community of St Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of St Benedict Established at Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire (£872k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew and St Mary Magdalene, Maidenhead (£869k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 57%, charitable activities 41% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £976k would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.