The Fellowship of Meditation

Analysis

The Fellowship of Meditation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00503150). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Fellowship of Meditation reported income of £21k and spending of £58k, spending 276% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £29k to £21k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 246% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Fellowship of Meditation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Journey Church Harrow (£21k), Ranelagh Road Christian Fellowship (£21k) and Cook's Bethel Otherwise Seaman's Bethel (£21k).

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.