The School of Meditation

Analysis

The School of Meditation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The School of Meditation reported income of £146k and spending of £224k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £82k to £146k (+78%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The School of Meditation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Edyth's (£146k), Al-Bayan Welfare Centre Ltd (£146k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God Divine Covenant Centre (£146k).

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.