Leeds Swahili Cultural Community

Analysis

Leeds Swahili Cultural Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Leeds Swahili Cultural Community reported income of £104k and spending of £75k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £75k to £104k (+39%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Leeds Swahili Cultural Community sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Holloway Church (£104k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Peter and St Mary Church Fishbourne (£104k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael Mile End (Otherwise Myland) (£104k).