Shiva Cultural and Community Centre

Analysis

Shiva Cultural and Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aldershot. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shiva Cultural and Community Centre reported income of £142k and spending of £88k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £63k to £142k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shiva Cultural and Community Centre sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Marton-In-Cleveland with Easterside (£142k), The Church of God in Swindon (£142k) and Tympanum Trust (£142k).