ISLAMIC DA'AWAH ACADEMY

Registered charity 1065175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education/Training & Religious activities

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased significantly to £32m, predominantly due to the revaluation of buildings, with unrestricted funds at £4.1m. The trustees report that the charity aims to maintain reserves of approximately four months of operating expenses, holding circa £250,000 for this purpose, while the remainder of the balance is designated for significant capital expenditure projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations from the public (29% of income)
“The main sources of income were: donations from the public to unrestricted, restricted and endowment funds (29%); funds raised for disaster appeals (28%); and student fees (28%).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four months of future operating expenses (held: £4.1m)
“The IDA aims to maintain reserve funds to cover approximately four months of future operating expenses. Based on this policy the reserves of circa £250,000 were held during the financial period.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by NAMS Accountants Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £789k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£64k
Reserves (reported)
£23.4m
Employees
57

Reported reserves equal ~169.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.2% 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: Leicester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.8m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2021£995k£923k

Common questions

Is ISLAMIC DA'AWAH ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased significantly to £32m, predominantly due to the revaluation of buildings, with unrestricted funds at £4.1m. The trustees report that the charity aims to maintain reserves of approximately four months of operating expenses, holding circa £250,000 for this purpose, while the remainder of the balance is designated for significant capital expenditure projects. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by NAMS Accountants Ltd.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ISLAMIC DA'AWAH ACADEMY£1.8m—0above—no doubt
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) FY2025£536kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
DA'WATUL ISLAM UK AND EIRE LIMITED FY2025£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
ANJUMAN-UL-MUSLIMEEN LTD FY2025£265k—0above—no doubt
AZHAR ACADEMY FY2025£3.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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