Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre

Analysis

Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02926933). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre reported income of £783k and spending of £683k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £711k to £783k (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jamia Al-Karam (£783k), Berwick Upon Tweed Corporation (Freemen) Trustees (£783k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Stratford-Upon-Avon (£782k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 64%, trading 31% and donations and legacies 4.7%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £90k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.