Swaminarayan Gurukul UK

Analysis

Swaminarayan Gurukul UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Swaminarayan Gurukul UK reported income of £333k and spending of £186k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £159k to £333k (+109%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Swaminarayan Gurukul UK sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% 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 Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Trade Benevolent Fund (£333k), Sachkhand Nanak Dham (Darshan Darbar) UK (£333k) and Chabad Israeli Centre (£333k).