Mount Pleasant Islamic Trust

Analysis

Mount Pleasant Islamic Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Batley. It was registered in June 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Mount Pleasant Islamic Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £815k to £1.2m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mount Pleasant Islamic Trust 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Marlow with Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow and Bisham (£1.2m), Sportily (£1.2m) and Manchester Alliance Church (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 12% and trading 5.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £54k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 108 people.

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.