Balham Mosque

Analysis

Balham Mosque is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Balham Mosque reported income of £1.1m and spending of £922k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £741k to £1.1m (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Balham Mosque sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swaffham Gospel Hall Trust (£1.1m), The Parochial Church Council and ecclesiastical parish of Kingswinford, St Mary (£1.1m) and The Ammerdown Centre Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52%, investments 43% and charitable activities 5.1%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Reserves of £150k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.