Universal Hindu Cultural Society

Analysis

Universal Hindu Cultural Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Universal Hindu Cultural Society reported income of £16k and spending of £20k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £125 to £16k (+12402%), an average of +234% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 38300%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Universal Hindu Cultural Society sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emmanuel Pentecostal Church (£15k), Rotary Club of Mansfield Benevolent Fund (£16k) and Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Trust Fund (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.