Islamic Texts Society

Analysis

Islamic Texts Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Islamic Texts Society reported income of £204k and spending of £244k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £220k to £204k (-7.4%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Islamic Texts Society sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 Dalton St Mary's Parent Voice (£204k), Tower Hamlets and Canary Wharf Further Education Trust (£204k) and Little Spinnakers Pre-School (£204k).

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.