AL-FIKR

Registered charity 1180406 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

AL-FIKR AIMS TO HELP THOSE IN DIRE NEED, REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, GENDER OR DISABILITY. AL-FIKR FREQUENTLY HOLDS INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES, SPORTS ACTIVITIES, EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN UK. AL-FIKR PROVIDES RELIEF IN AREAS SUCH AS WATER AND SANITATION, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND NUTRITION, ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP FOR THE WORLD'S POOREST PEOPLE.

Objects

A. TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS, LECTURES [PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS] PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON AND TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE ISLAMIC RELIGION. B. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: i) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; ii) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. C. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONGST PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD [INCLUDING STARVATION, SICKNESS OR ANY PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR AFFLICTION] PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WHEN ARISING FROM ANY PUBLIC CALAMITY [INCLUDING FAMINE, EARTHQUAKE, PESTILENCE, WAR OR CIVIL DISTURBANCE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£189k
Latest spending
£178k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £72,425 in unrestricted funds at the balance sheet date, with total receipts of £188,672 against total payments of £178,290. The trustees confirmed that no funds are in deficit and the organization is eligible for small company provisions. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
21/10/2025£189k£178k
21/10/2024£177k£191k
21/10/2023£148k£122k
21/10/2022£90k£75k
21/10/2021£102k£94k

Common questions

Is AL-FIKR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £72,425 in unrestricted funds at the balance sheet date, with total receipts of £188,672 against total payments of £178,290. The trustees confirmed that no funds are in deficit and the organization is eligible for small company provisions. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England25/02/2025£12kThe Kingston Touch Rugby Sisterhood
UK government25/02/2025£12kThe Kingston Touch Rugby Sisterhood
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2024£20kAl Fikr - Community Support Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2019£3kHelp the Homeless

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IQRA BLACKBURN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AL-FIKR£189k—0unclear—no doubt
IQRA BLACKBURN FY2024£128k—0above—no doubt
MUSLIM CHARITY HELPING THE NEEDY FY2025£8.1m—0above—no doubt
ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE FY2025£239.0m——unclear—no doubt
UNITED KINGDOM ISLAMIC MISSION FY2025£338k—0unclear—no doubt
NOOR TRUST FY2025£490k—0unclear—no doubt

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