Roots Academy

Registered charity 1209485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROOTS ACADEMY LTD

Roots Academy seeks to deliver a structured and transformative education in the Essentials of Islam in a way that lowers barriers to access, develops a deep certainty, and inspires action.

Objects

2.THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN PARTICULAR THROUGH?(A) PROVIDING ISLAMIC EDUCATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FORM OF REGULAR CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, WEEKEND RETREATS, OTHER SUCH RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMMES, AND ONLINE CONTENT;(B) PROVIDING TEACHER TRAINING, CURRICULUM MATERIAL, AND ANCILLARY SERVICES;(C) PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM.

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

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Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£340k
Latest spending
£135k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £205,074 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £274,584. The trustees confirm that liquid reserves of £278,136 are sufficient to meet ongoing immediate operational expenses and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to meet the charity's ongoing immediate operational expenses (held: £275k)
“These are sufficient to meet the charity's ongoing immediate operational expenses.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£340k£135k

Common questions

Is Roots Academy financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £205,074 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £274,584. The trustees confirm that liquid reserves of £278,136 are sufficient to meet ongoing immediate operational expenses and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of Roots Academy earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROOTS RADICAL LEARNING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Roots Academy£340kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
ROOTS RADICAL LEARNING FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt
AL-HAQQ ACADEMY FY2026£124k——unclear—no doubt
SADR UL ULAMA ACADEMY FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
AL-HUDA ACADEMY FY2024£717k—0above—no doubt
GREEN ACADEMY TRUST FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt

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