THE MUATH TRUST

Registered charity 1100481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Amongst the comprehensive facilities and services that The Muath Trust offers are:Education & Training Programmes, Nursery, Sports Hall, Youth Club, Meeting and Conference facilities, Supported Accommodation Service, Elderly Day Service, Cultural Programmes, Women Only Courses, Supplementary Schools,Playschemes, Business Units and Canteen

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£2.9m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net expenditure of £50,977 for the year, resulting in consolidated funds decreasing from £9,145,479 to £9,094,502. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, with unrestricted general funds of £1,107,990 held against a policy target of three months' outgoing resources plus redundancy liabilities. The charity operates two wholly owned trading subsidiaries, Muath Trading Ltd and Trust Quality Care Ltd, which are consolidated into the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months outgoing resources plus an estimate of the current liability for redundancy pay on existing staff (held: £1.1m)
“The Trustees consider that they should aim to hold, as unrestricted general funds, a level of reserves equivalent to three months outgoing resources plus an estimate of the current liability for redundancy pay on existing staff.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management charge from parent to Trust Quality Care Ltd
“a £77,304 (2023 - £59,686) management charge from the charitable parent company to Trust Quality Care Ltd, and a £30,000 management charge from the charitable parent company to Muath Trading Ltd (2023 - Nil). Amounts owed by the subsidiaries are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.”
“a £77,304 (2023 - £59,686) management charge from the charitable parent company to Trust Quality Care Ltd, and a £30,000 management charge from the charitable parent company to Muath Trading Ltd (2023 - Nil). Amounts owed by the subsidiaries are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management charge from parent to Muath Trading Ltd
“a £77,304 (2023 - £59,686) management charge from the charitable parent company to Trust Quality Care Ltd, and a £30,000 management charge from the charitable parent company to Muath Trading Ltd (2023 - Nil). Amounts owed by the subsidiaries are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.”
“a £77,304 (2023 - £59,686) management charge from the charitable parent company to Trust Quality Care Ltd, and a £30,000 management charge from the charitable parent company to Muath Trading Ltd (2023 - Nil). Amounts owed by the subsidiaries are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£2.9m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
162

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (44% 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: 39.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.8m£2.9m
31/12/2023£2.6m£2.8m
31/12/2022£3.3m£2.8m
31/12/2021£3.3m£3.2m
31/12/2020£3.3m£2.8m

Common questions

Is THE MUATH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net expenditure of £50,977 for the year, resulting in consolidated funds decreasing from £9,145,479 to £9,094,502. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, with unrestricted general funds of £1,107,990 held against a policy target of three months' outgoing resources plus redundancy liabilities. The charity operates two wholly owned trading subsidiaries, Muath Trading Ltd and Trust Quality Care Ltd, which are consolidated into the financial statements. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Birmingham City Council04/03/2021£11kDigitial Inclusion for All
Birmingham City Council12/12/2020£5kCommunity Hub/Sparkbrook/Sparkhill/ Balsall Heath
Sport England29/05/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
Birmingham City Council04/05/2020£23kCommunity Hub/Sparkbrook/Sparkhill/ Balsall Heath

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MUATH TRUST£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
AL-MUNTADA AL-ISLAMI TRUST FY2024£366k—0unclear—no doubt
NOOR TRUST FY2025£490k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£210k—0above—no doubt
THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF NAZARETH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.7m—1below—no doubt
As-Siraj Trust FY2025£807k—0unclear—no doubt

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