Hindu Buddhist Cultural Association

Analysis

Hindu Buddhist Cultural Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Hindu Buddhist Cultural Association reported income of £12k and spending of £11k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £47k to £12k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Hindu Buddhist Cultural Association sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Sandy Charitable Trust Fund (£12k), Theo Trust (£12k) and Calvary Fellowship Otley (£11k).