Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth

Analysis

Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03394073). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth reported income of £91k and spending of £73k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £91k (+593%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 579%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hospital of the Holy and Undivided Trinity at Castle Rising (£91k), St Anne's Homes (£91k) and Simmons Homes (£91k).