London Sri Murugan Temple

Analysis

London Sri Murugan Temple is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, London Sri Murugan Temple reported income of £1.1m and spending of £904k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £459k to £1.1m (+148%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, London Sri Murugan Temple sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Barnabas Kensington (£1.1m), North Swindon Baptist Church (£1.1m) and Madina-Tul-Uloom Al Islamiya (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 33% and investments 9.6%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3,500. Reserves of £11.1m would cover about 148 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.