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Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1016354HoveReligion
Income£250k2025-12-31
Spending£219ksame year
Spent / received74%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctReligion
Registered1993Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02693733). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre reported income of £250k and spending of £219k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £194k to £250k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary and All Saints, Trentham (£250k), The Dean and Chapter of Bangor Cathedral (£250k) and Siddiqiyya Educational Trust (£250k).

Income and spending

£0£109k£217k£326k£435k2021 Income: £194,3052021 Spending: £180,71820212022 Income: £230,9082022 Spending: £208,77420222023 Income: £434,9082023 Spending: £204,51720232024 Income: £275,8432024 Spending: £210,71820242025 Income: £250,1532025 Spending: £219,1252025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The principal activity of the charity is to promote Buddhism according to the teachings of Je Tsongkhapa. To accomplish this we run drop-in classes, study programmes, retreats and courses.World Peace Cafe, Shop and gardens. Residential community.

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