Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

IRSHAD TRUST

Registered charity 1056468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To introduce and promote education in an islamic environment in the United Kingdom and abroad by establishing colleges with branches in London and elsewhere.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £13,830,903, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £259,000 (three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure). The charity reported a net surplus of £22,036 for the year, with total incoming resources of £1,054,814 against charitable expenditure of £1,032,778.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £13.8m)
“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level which equates approximately to three months of its unrestricted charitable expenditure, which amounts to £259k.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mr A Rashid received £2,308 for lecturing; Dr I Jahangir received £47,423 for lecturing.
“During the year, Mr Ayub Rashid received a salary and benefits of £2,308 (2024: £202) for lecturing students. Also during the year, Dr I Jahangir (the principal) received a salary and benefits of £47,423 (2024: £43,603) for lecturing students.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 9
“During the year, Mr Ayub Rashid received a salary and benefits of £2,308 (2024: £202) for lecturing students. Also during the year, Dr I Jahangir (the principal) received a salary and benefits of £47,423 (2024: £43,603) for lecturing students.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£13.8m
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~160.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.1m£1.0m
31/08/2024£1.1m£1.0m
31/08/2023£1.1m£1.0m
31/08/2022£992k£1.1m
31/08/2021£1.1m£1.1m

Common questions

Is IRSHAD TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £13,830,903, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £259,000 (three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure). The charity reported a net surplus of £22,036 for the year, with total incoming resources of £1,054,814 against charitable expenditure of £1,032,778. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Who funds IRSHAD TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name IRSHAD TRUST as a grant recipient include THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£44k
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£34kHumanitarian

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AL-ISLAH SCHOOLS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IRSHAD TRUST£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
AL-ISLAH SCHOOLS TRUST FY2025£283k—0unclear—no doubt
AHLUL ISTIQAMAH TRUST UK FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
BAYTUL ILM TRUST FY2025£375k—0above—no doubt
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) FY2025£536kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.