Mahavir Foundation Limited

Analysis

Mahavir Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in June 1987, 39 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 02132728). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mahavir Foundation Limited reported income of £625k and spending of £322k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £153k to £625k (+309%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mahavir Foundation Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tabernacle Cardiff (£625k), Ahl-E-Sunnat Wa Jamaat Bareilvi of Birmingham (£626k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Church, Yeovil, Somerset (£624k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 43%, donations and legacies 43% and investments 13%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 1 people.