The London Shambhala Meditation Centre

Analysis

The London Shambhala Meditation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03605572). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The London Shambhala Meditation Centre reported income of £97k and spending of £96k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £48k to £97k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The London Shambhala Meditation Centre sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Dunstan Feltham (£97k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, South Nutfield (£97k) and The Gateway Church Kings Lynn (£97k).