Colchester Islamic Cultural Association

Analysis

Colchester Islamic Cultural Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in February 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Colchester Islamic Cultural Association reported income of £180k and spending of £136k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £137k to £180k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Colchester Islamic Cultural Association sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Anne's Catholic Settlement (£180k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Margarets, Ipswich (£181k) and The Rock Church Stratford Upon Avon (£180k).