Mimbar Foundation

Analysis

Mimbar Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 71 Smeed Road. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Mimbar Foundation reported income of £201k and spending of £202k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £51k to £201k (+293%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mimbar Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grimsby Baptist Church (£201k), Leicester Sikh Centre and Guru Amardas Gurdwara (£201k) and St Francis', Valley Park Single Congregation Local Ecumenical Partnership (£201k).

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.