The Arab Educational and Cultural Forum

Analysis

The Arab Educational and Cultural Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in February 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02450405). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Arab Educational and Cultural Forum reported income of £63k and spending of £76k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £44k to £63k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Arab Educational and Cultural Forum sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Tayseer Trust (£63k), The Shepherd's Flock International Church, United Kingdom (£63k) and Hope Community Church Biddenden (£63k).