Satipanya Buddhist Trust

Analysis

Satipanya Buddhist Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05924965). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Satipanya Buddhist Trust reported income of £123k and spending of £66k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £130k to £123k (-5.5%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Satipanya Buddhist Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council Ofthe Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Thatcham (£123k), Unitarian Church Cambridge CIO (£123k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Frome Selwood (£123k).