South Essex Islamic Trust

Analysis

South Essex Islamic Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basildon. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Essex Islamic Trust reported income of £135k and spending of £54k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £39k to £135k (+247%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 450%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, South Essex Islamic Trust 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 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bedford Pentecostal Church (£134k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, Church Normanton (£135k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Eston with Normanby (£134k).