AZHAR ACADEMY

Registered charity 1080849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIGION OF ISLAM.

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Latest income

£3.4m

Latest spending

£3.3m

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,272,899 at the end of the year, which is above the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure (circa £629k). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £3.3m)

“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 equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by B.B.K Accountants BMM Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Azhar Academy (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£3.4m

Total spending

£3.3m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

146

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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

FAIZAL BOBAT
ISMAIL AMLA
ISMAIL GANGAT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£3.4m	£3.3m
31/08/2024	£3.0m	£2.8m
31/08/2023	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/08/2022	£2.0m	£1.9m
31/08/2021	£2.2m	£1.7m

Common questions

Is AZHAR ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,272,899 at the end of the year, which is above the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure (circa £629k). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by B.B.K Accountants BMM Limited.

Who funds AZHAR ACADEMY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AZHAR ACADEMY as a grant recipient include RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£21k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£20k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£1.0m
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
SABENO LIMITED	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MADRASSA ZIA-UL QURAN.

MADRASSA ZIA-UL QURAN income £165k
SALAFI BOOKSTORE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE income £1.2m
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM income £1.7m
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) income £536k
KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY (BAQUIR) LIMITED income £703k
MASJID E TAUHEEDUL ISLAM income £355k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AZHAR ACADEMY	£3.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MADRASSA ZIA-UL QURAN FY2024	£165k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SALAFI BOOKSTORE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM FY2025	£1.7m	Under £60,000	within	—	no doubt
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) FY2025	£536k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITY (BAQUIR) LIMITED FY2025	£703k	—	within	34.9%	no doubt

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