YUSUF ISLAM FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1134513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSESEDUCATION/TRAININGCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTTHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES ARTS/CULTURE/HERITAGE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALSGRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS ACTS AS AN UMBRELLA BODY PROVIDES BUILDINGS/FACILITIES/OPEN SPACE

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.6m

Latest spending

£3.8m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £21.7m, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover overheads and unanticipated needs. Per the trustees' report, the group recorded a net deficit of £78,416 for the year, but maintains a strong cash balance and significant property assets to support ongoing operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £21.7m)

“The trustees have determined that, after taking into account fixed asset balances, the charity should hold reserves that equate to at least three months of expenditure” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by AMS Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Yusuf Islam Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £5.8m. 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

£3.6m

Total spending

£3.8m

Cost of raising funds

£165k

Reserves (reported)

£21.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~69.1 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 (56% 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: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr YUSUF ISLAMchair
Dr ABDULKARIM KHALIL · trustee of 1 other charity
MUHAMMAD ADAMOS
Shabir Randeree CBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.6m	£3.8m
31/03/2024	£2.6m	£2.8m
31/03/2023	£2.6m	£2.8m
31/03/2022	£2.5m	£2.8m
31/03/2021	£2.9m	£2.8m

Common questions

Is YUSUF ISLAM FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £21.7m, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover overheads and unanticipated needs. Per the trustees' report, the group recorded a net deficit of £78,416 for the year, but maintains a strong cash balance and significant property assets to support ongoing operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by AMS Audit Limited.

Who funds YUSUF ISLAM FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YUSUF ISLAM FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST, GREENGATE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£25k
GREENGATE TRUST	FY2021	£15k	Provide educational opportunities to promising students from less privileged backgrounds.
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k

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
IHELP GLOBAL	1	£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION.

THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION income £210k
YORKSHIRE EDUCATION SOCIETY income £103k
SHARING WONDERS income £1.1m
ANJUMAN-E-ISHA-AT-E-ISLAM income £373k
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) income £3.1m
SALAFI BOOKSTORE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YUSUF ISLAM FOUNDATION	£3.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025	£210k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YORKSHIRE EDUCATION SOCIETY FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHARING WONDERS FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ANJUMAN-E-ISHA-AT-E-ISLAM FY2024	£373k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) FY2025	£3.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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