The South Wales Islamic Centre

Analysis

The South Wales Islamic Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in September 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02142791). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The South Wales Islamic Centre reported income of £78k and spending of £92k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £51k to £78k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The South Wales Islamic Centre sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Free Grace Evangelistic Association (£78k), The Gillbard Centenary Flats (Incorporating the Gillbard Homes Trust) (£78k) and Peace Chapel International (£78k).

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.