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Rigpa Fellowship

RegisteredRegistered charity number 279315LondonReligion
Income£147k2025-12-31
Spending£167ksame year
Spent / received83%5-year average
Size in its cause71st pctReligion
Registered1980Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Rigpa Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rigpa Fellowship reported income of £147k and spending of £167k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £97k to £147k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Rigpa Fellowship sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 All Saints Mar Thoma Church, Peterborough (£147k), Redeemed Christian Church of God Amazing Grace Parish Leicester (£147k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chase Terrace and Boney Hay, St John (£147k).

Income and spending

£0£71k£141k£212k£283k2021 Income: £97,0622021 Spending: £69,21220212022 Income: £97,7032022 Spending: £82,00020222023 Income: £282,7292023 Spending: £125,19920232024 Income: £149,1902024 Spending: £199,43120242025 Income: £146,7132025 Spending: £166,7182025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance Buddhist religion

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
All Saints Mar Thoma Church, PeterboroughPeterborough£147k
Redeemed Christian Church of God Amazing Grace Parish LeicesterLeicester£147k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chase Terrace and Boney Hay, St JohnBurntwood£147k
True Jesus Church (Essex)Chelmsford£147k