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Thames Meditation Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 289655South CroydonReligion
Income£65k2025-08-31
Spending£50ksame year
Spent / received68%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctReligion
Registered1984Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Thames Meditation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Croydon. It was registered in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Thames Meditation Society reported income of £65k and spending of £50k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £26k to £65k (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Thames Meditation Society sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coppice Mission Church (£65k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James Arnside and Storth Village Church (£65k) and Camberwell Evangelical Church (£65k).

Income and spending

£0£17k£35k£52k£69k2021 Income: £25,7142021 Spending: £14,84820212022 Income: £24,0282022 Spending: £27,42320222023 Income: £54,1092023 Spending: £31,72620232024 Income: £69,3612024 Spending: £38,89720242025 Income: £65,3662025 Spending: £49,5242025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Religious activities. The general public/mankind. Provide buildings/facilities/open space.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Coppice Mission ChurchOrpington£65k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James Arnside and Storth Village ChurchLancs£65k
Camberwell Evangelical ChurchLondon£65k
Fraternity of the Friends of Saint Albans AbbeySt. Albans£65k