Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD

Analysis

Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in September 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02048471). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD reported income of £876k and spending of £588k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £473k to £876k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Totnes with St John the Evangelist, Bridgetown (£875k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Saviour Guildford (£877k) and St Thomas Crookes (£874k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, trading 31% and donations and legacies 11%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £318k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate.