Al-Mahdi Foundation

Analysis

Al-Mahdi Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Al-Mahdi Foundation reported income of £51k and spending of £30k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £51k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Al-Mahdi Foundation sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maitreya Kadampa Buddhist Centre (£51k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Walshaw (£51k) and UK Immanuel Remnant Church (£51k).