Al-Burhan Foundation

Analysis

Al-Burhan Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Al-Burhan Foundation reported income of £689k and spending of £418k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £543k to £689k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Al-Burhan Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heath Evangelical Church Cardiff (£688k), Deliver a Smile (£689k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John, Tunbridge Wells (£685k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 82 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.