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Kabbalah Centre

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1079796LondonReligion
Income£3.6m2025-12-31
Spending£5.0msame year
Spent / received111%5-year average
Size in its cause99th pctReligion
Registered2000Charitable company
Employees31latest return

Analysis

Kabbalah Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03659214). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kabbalah Centre reported income of £3.6m and spending of £5.0m, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £5.4m to £3.6m (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Kabbalah Centre sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Liberty Church (£3.6m), English Province of the Brothers of Christian Instruction (£3.6m) and Ezras Achim UK (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 45%, charitable activities 28%, investments 15% and trading 6.4%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £53.7m would cover about 129 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£1.4m£2.7m£4.1m£5.4m2021 Income: £5,424,4052021 Spending: £3,753,94320212022 Income: £3,101,9412022 Spending: £4,498,88520222023 Income: £4,801,7212023 Spending: £4,899,67320232024 Income: £3,703,6112024 Spending: £4,761,90420242025 Income: £3,594,6042025 Spending: £4,971,7822025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 45%
  • Charitable activities 28%
  • Trading 6.4%
  • Investments 15%
  • Other 5.5%

In the charity's own words

The Charity's aim is to make the ancient wisdom of the Kabbalah available to people of all backgrounds, regardless of denomination or means. It achieves this by Kabbalistic education and charitable programmes.

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