Registered charity (CIO) · Birmingham
AL-Mahdi Institute
AL-Mahdi Institute is a registered charity (number 1191746) based in Birmingham, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Shaykh Arif Abdul Hussein since 2020. Latest income £1.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.almahdi.edu (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£1.1m
- 2024£987k£998k
- 2023£0£0
Earlier years
- 2022£0£0
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ISLAMIC STUDIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE IMAMI TRADITION PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) THE PROVISION OF AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE THAT WILL FOSTER ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LINKS WITH LEADING GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES AND PROVIDE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES(II) UNDERTAKING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING ANY USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
3 trustees on the board
- Shaykh Arif Abdul Hussein Chair since 2020
- Abbas Ali Datoo since 2020
- Mehboob Ladak since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Shaykh Arif Abdul Hussein Chair since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Abbas Ali Datoo since 2020
- Mehboob Ladak since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
34.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.5 in 2022
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1191746
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Oct 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01214465047 · Info@almahdi.edu
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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