Buddhist Interhelp

Analysis

Buddhist Interhelp is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Buddhist Interhelp reported income of £10k and spending of £152k, spending 1512% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,916 to £10k (+244%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 435% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Buddhist Interhelp sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK Clinical Ethics Network (£10k), Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome Association (£10k) and Rotary Club of Barry & District Charitable Trust (£10k).