The Buddhist Society Trust

Analysis

The Buddhist Society Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1986, 40 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 00854151). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Buddhist Society Trust reported income of £257k and spending of £281k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £756k to £257k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Buddhist Society Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement with St Mark, Notting Dale and St James, Norlands (£257k), Beeston Methodist Church (£258k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hagley St John the Baptist with St Saviour (£257k).