Manchester Muslim Student Fund

Analysis

Manchester Muslim Student Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Failsworth. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Manchester Muslim Student Fund reported income of £35k and spending of £51k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £14k to £35k (+148%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Manchester Muslim Student Fund sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcastle West End Children's Community (£35k), The Tax Advisers' Benevolent Fund (£35k) and Testimony Outreach (£35k).