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London Insight Meditation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1145212EssexReligion
Income£36k2025-12-31
Spending£34ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause43rd pctReligion
Registered2011CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

London Insight Meditation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, London Insight Meditation reported income of £36k and spending of £34k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £45k to £36k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, London Insight Meditation sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's Parr (£36k), Pappaji Foundation (£36k) and Nagina Social Welfare UK (£36k).

Income and spending

£0£13k£27k£40k£53k2021 Income: £45,2742021 Spending: £28,65320212022 Income: £26,1282022 Spending: £53,38420222023 Income: £36,3222023 Spending: £46,50620232024 Income: £38,3172024 Spending: £32,48020242025 Income: £36,2022025 Spending: £34,1282025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

London Insight Meditation encourages and supports meditation practice in the Buddhist tradition.It organises a varied programme of classes and retreats in the belief that such teachings will bring contentment and calm to busy urban lives.Our visiting teachers are widely recognised; they are experienced, trained, and bound by a code of ethics.People of all backgrounds and traditions are welcome

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's ParrMerseyside£36k
Pappaji FoundationHarrow£36k
Nagina Social Welfare UKPeterborough£36k
Beacon Church Hebden BridgeWest Yorkshire£36k