Bolton Council of Mosques

Analysis

Bolton Council of Mosques is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bolton Council of Mosques reported income of £413k and spending of £361k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £422k to £413k (-2.1%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bolton Council of Mosques sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Staples Trust (£413k), Christ Apostolic Church (Cac) International (£413k) and Hasene Humanitarian Aid UK (£413k).