Noorani Education Centre

Analysis

Noorani Education Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06240315). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Noorani Education Centre reported income of £192k and spending of £90k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £255k to £192k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 619%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Noorani Education Centre sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Evangelical Times Limited (£192k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Beccles with Worlingham, North Cove & Barnby (£192k) and Greenhill Methodist Church, Sheffield (£192k).