Sri Lankan Muslim Cultural Centre UK

Analysis

Sri Lankan Muslim Cultural Centre UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sri Lankan Muslim Cultural Centre UK reported income of £913k and spending of £840k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £591k to £913k (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sri Lankan Muslim Cultural Centre UK sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Money Charity (£912k), Ezer Bekovoid Limited (£914k) and We Mind the Gap (£910k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 38% and trading 17%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 61 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.