The Oxford Zen Centre of Sanbo Zen, Kamakura, Japan

Analysis

The Oxford Zen Centre of Sanbo Zen, Kamakura, Japan is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Oxford Zen Centre of Sanbo Zen, Kamakura, Japan reported income of £75k and spending of £72k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £29k to £75k (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Oxford Zen Centre of Sanbo Zen, Kamakura, Japan sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arya Samaj London (£75k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew, Bishopstone (£75k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter, Pembury (£75k).