Wat Pa Buddharam

Analysis

Wat Pa Buddharam is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Wat Pa Buddharam reported income of £189k and spending of £38k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £384k to £189k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 17% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wat Pa Buddharam sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emmanuel United Reformed and Methodist Church Redditch (£189k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Weston Favell (£189k) and Teddington Methodist Circuit (£189k).