Union Masjid and Education Centre

Analysis

Union Masjid and Education Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingstanding. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Union Masjid and Education Centre reported income of £19k and spending of £29k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £17k to £19k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Union Masjid and Education Centre sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Restoration Ministries UK (£19k), Plaistow Church of Christ (£19k) and Singlewell Village Hall, Gravesend (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.