The India Dhamma Trust

Analysis

The India Dhamma Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The India Dhamma Trust reported income of £88k and spending of £40k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £238k to £88k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The India Dhamma Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chadwell Heath Muslim Centre (£88k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, Perry Beeches. (£88k) and Reverend Frederick W Robertson Trust (£88k).