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Darul Qurra and Islamic Research Centre

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1171449BirminghamDisability
Income£117k2025-12-31
Spending£89ksame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause68th pctDisability
Registered2017CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Darul Qurra and Islamic Research Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Darul Qurra and Islamic Research Centre reported income of £117k and spending of £89k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £65k to £117k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Darul Qurra and Islamic Research Centre sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foodbank at Saint Matthew's, Redhill (£117k), International Children's Trust (£117k) and The Theatrical Guild (£117k).

Income and spending

£0£38k£77k£115k£154k2021 Income: £65,4902021 Spending: £73,14120212022 Income: £84,5312022 Spending: £66,40420222023 Income: £143,0062023 Spending: £153,89620232024 Income: £74,2302024 Spending: £60,18320242025 Income: £116,6802025 Spending: £88,9382025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Centre is a place of worship where the five daily prayers, the Friday jumu'a prayers, the tarawih prayers during Ramadan and the two 'Id prayers are observed. It is also concerned with teaching children and adults to memorise the Qur'an (the meaning of 'Qur'an' is 'Recitation' and the meaning of 'Darul Qurra' is 'House of Recitation') and to understand its meanings in Arabic, Urdu and English.

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