Al-Risalah

Analysis

Al-Risalah is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Al-Risalah reported income of £41k and spending of £39k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £50k to £41k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Al-Risalah 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 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham Ladies Barbershop Harmony Club (£41k), Richard and Christine Purchas Charitable Trust (£41k) and Eldwick Memorial Hall Trust (£41k).