AL AKRAM TRUST

Registered charity 1077822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Al-Akram Trust runs an education centre providing a full time Muslim primary school that was established in 2003 and a girls secondary school that started in 2011. The trust also runs adult classes and other educational activities. The charity operates in inner city Derby in the East Midlands.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; THE ADVANCEMENT OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION; THE ADVANCEMENT OF ISLAMIC FAITH;

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE DERBYSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£425k
Latest spending
£454k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased from £516,382 to £486,857 due to a net expenditure exceeding income. The trustees maintain a designated cash reserve policy of £10,000 to meet immediate requirements, while the charity holds a bank loan of £105,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000 is the designated cash reserve at any time (held: £487k)
“At this stage the Trustees have a reserve policy whereby £10,000 is the designated cash reserve at any time to ensure that the Trust can meet its immediate requirements.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£425k£454k
31/08/2024£399k£412k
31/08/2023£362k£348k
31/08/2022£354k£330k
31/08/2021£365k£347k

Common questions

Is AL AKRAM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased from £516,382 to £486,857 due to a net expenditure exceeding income. The trustees maintain a designated cash reserve policy of £10,000 to meet immediate requirements, while the charity holds a bank loan of £105,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AL AKRAM TRUST£425k—0unclear—no doubt
DARUL-ARQAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£478k—0unclear—noted
ELRAHMA CHARITY TRUST FY2024£798k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0within24.4%no doubt
DAR-AL-ARQAM (HOUSE OF ARQAM) TRUST FY2024£213k—0unclear—no doubt
JAMI MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE (BIRMINGHAM) TRUSTEES LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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