Leicester Islamic Academy

Analysis

Leicester Islamic Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Leicester Islamic Academy reported income of £1.8m and spending of £5.1m, spending 293% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £874k to £1.8m (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Leicester Islamic Academy sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Education Movement (£1.7m), Islamic Da'awah Academy (£1.8m) and Trinity Baptist Church (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 77 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.