The Buddhist Society

Analysis

The Buddhist Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05730715). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Buddhist Society reported income of £309k and spending of £274k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £169k to £309k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Buddhist Society sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St.matthias, Burley in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds (£309k), Shree Ram Mandir / Shree Jalaram Bhajan Mandal (£309k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Brookfield, London (£308k).