The Mahavir Trust

Analysis

The Mahavir Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stanmore. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Mahavir Trust reported income of £170k and spending of £184k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £191k to £170k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Mahavir Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sea Change Trust (£170k), Parkside Community Centre (£170k) and Halkevi-The Kurdish and Turkish Community Centre (£170k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.