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Vajravarahi Kadampa Meditation Centre Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 292304PrestonReligion
Income£163k2025-12-31
Spending£109ksame year
Spent / received80%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctReligion
Registered1985Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Vajravarahi Kadampa Meditation Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01926698). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Vajravarahi Kadampa Meditation Centre Ltd reported income of £163k and spending of £109k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £77k to £163k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Vajravarahi Kadampa Meditation Centre Ltd sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rushmoor Muslim Association (£163k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hucclecote, St Philip and St James (£163k) and Oswestry Methodist Church (£162k).

Income and spending

£0£41k£81k£122k£163k2021 Income: £76,6472021 Spending: £66,63720212022 Income: £87,0742022 Spending: £85,38620222023 Income: £104,4942023 Spending: £80,79720232024 Income: £103,9212024 Spending: £83,80620242025 Income: £162,5622025 Spending: £109,2862025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE CHARITY PROMOTES BUDDHIST FAITH OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION THROUGH FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: 1. PROVISION OF STUDY AND MEDITATION PROGRAMMES FOR BOTH BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS. 2. PROMOTING THE PRACTICE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE. 3. PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION FOR PRACTITIONERS. 4. GENERAL FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY.

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