Heart of Living Yoga Foundation

Analysis

Heart of Living Yoga Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Heart of Living Yoga Foundation reported income of £89k and spending of £92k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £41k to £89k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Heart of Living Yoga Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% 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 Lay Witnesses for Christ International - United Kingdom (£89k), The London Tamil Sangam (£89k) and Christ Apostolic Church Pilgrims Tabernacle (£89k).

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.