Al-Fikr

Analysis

Al-Fikr is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Al-Fikr reported income of £189k and spending of £178k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £102k to £189k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Al-Fikr sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardiff United Synagogue (£189k), Newcastle Baptist Church (£189k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen Acomb York (£189k).