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Heruka Kadampa Meditation Centre

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1011646LondonReligion
Income£366k2025-12-31
Spending£273ksame year
Spent / received72%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctReligion
Registered1992Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Heruka Kadampa Meditation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02708323). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Heruka Kadampa Meditation Centre reported income of £366k and spending of £273k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £337k to £366k (+8.4%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Heruka Kadampa Meditation Centre sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Incorporated Trustees of the Number 1 Trust Fund (£366k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary and St Luke, Bowdon (£366k) and North Manchester Jewish Cemeteries Trust (£366k).

Income and spending

£0£91k£183k£274k£366k2021 Income: £337,4692021 Spending: £218,16620212022 Income: £300,4012022 Spending: £204,22520222023 Income: £285,2412023 Spending: £232,51120232024 Income: £311,6782024 Spending: £228,44120242025 Income: £365,8852025 Spending: £272,9102025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION (NKT-IKBU) PRINCIPALLY THROUGH ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTICE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE MAHAYANA BUDDHIST TRADITION OF ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA ...

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