Al Risalah Education Trust

Analysis

Al Risalah Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Al Risalah Education Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.8m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.5m (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Al Risalah Education Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Wales Science (£1.5m), University of East London Students' Union (£1.5m) and The Tonbridge School Foundation (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £250k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.

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.