Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Excess liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -1

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS LIMITED

To systematically promote spiritual education based on the teachings of His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, as given in Bhagavad Gita and Shrimad Bhagavatam, offering spiritual techniques for a more simpler, healthier, happier way of life. To teach and encourage the sankirtana movement, congregational chanting of the Holy Names of God (Krishna) as taught by Sri Caitanya.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 55 years

www.iskconuk.com

iskcon.uk@pamho.net

01923856173

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£12,911	£10,442	£2,469	£4,339	£50,780	£18,051	20.7	160	400
31/12/21	*	£11,074	£8,364	£2,710	£4,726	£48,332	£15,594	22.4	136	500
31/12/20		£8,752	£7,777	£975	£5,280	£46,040	£14,702	22.7	170	500
31/12/19		£12,419	£8,447	£3,972	£5,298	£45,065	£14,915	21.2	175	2,000
31/12/18	*	£11,358	£8,987	£2,371	£5,627	£41,101	£10,376	13.9	236	2,000
31/12/17		£10,444	£7,885	£2,559	£4,778	£38,726	£8,326	12.7	230	0
31/12/16		£9,516	£7,732	£1,784	£4,843	£36,221	£35,807	55.6	198	0
31/12/15	*	£7,370	£6,045	£1,325	£3,565	£34,365	£33,962	67.4	172	0
31/12/14		£7,042	£5,787	£1,254	£3,023	£33,040	£32,649	67.7	159	0
31/12/13		£6,198	£5,923	£275	£3,287	£31,785	£31,391	63.6	151	0
31/12/12		£6,001	£5,112	£888	£2,897	£31,394	£30,213	70.9	131	0
31/12/11	*	£6,262	£5,155	£1,107	£2,885	£30,707	£29,568	68.8	139	0
31/12/10		£4,549	£3,973	£576	£2,444	£29,299	£28,618	86.4	118	0
31/12/09		£6,112	£4,656	£1,455	£2,842	£28,723	£27,980	72.1	153	0
31/12/08		£5,648	£4,657	£990	£2,878	£27,268	£26,418	68.1	128	0
31/12/07		£4,799	£3,881	£917	£2,164	£26,277	£25,852	79.9	95	0
31/12/06		£4,463	£3,805	£658	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£4,355	£3,639	£716	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	*	£4,447	£3,254	£1,193	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 55.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 41.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 48%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 20.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 4

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Religious Activities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

160 employees
400 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Food For Life
£10,000	08/07/2021	International Society for Krishna Consciousness Limited will use £10000 to provide free plant-based hot meals for people in Cardiff Swansea and Newport who are in financial difficulty homeless ....more International Society for Krishna Consciousness Limited will use £10000 to provide free plant-based hot meals for people in Cardiff Swansea and Newport who are in financial difficulty homeless disabled or vulnerable.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Food for Life Wales
£10,000	27/04/2020 3	International Society For Krishna Consciousness Limited will provide hot vegan food to vulnerable people such as those who are homeless asylum seekers and refugees older people and low income ....more International Society For Krishna Consciousness Limited will provide hot vegan food to vulnerable people such as those who are homeless asylum seekers and refugees older people and low income families in Cardiff and Caerphilly. £10000 will fund transport food kitchen equipment and marketing. Bydd y Gymdeithas Ryngwladol ar gyfer Krishna Consciousness Limited yn darparu bwyd fegan poeth i bobl agored i niwed fel y rhai sy'n ddigartref ceiswyr lloches a ffoaduriaid pobl hn a theuluoedd incwm isel yng Nghaerdydd a Chaerffili. Bydd £10000 yn ariannu trafnidiaeth bwyd offer cegin PPE a marchnata.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Iskcon Leicester
£34,700	10/12/2015	The Colour of Glass

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-67

ANTHONY HOWCHIN Appointed: 1993, Occupation: Priest Branch Manager

DAYWANTHIE CLARK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Personal Banker / Manager

KAMLESH KUMAR MAHESHWAR PATEL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Corporate Financial Advisor

KRUNNAL PATEL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Manager

PAUL MURPHY (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Restauranteur, Other trusteeship: KRISHNA CYMRU,

TERRY MICHAEL ANDERSON Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Priest

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/10/1969, number: 259649
Registered at Companies House on 15/09/1969, number: 00962009

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR21: 71 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR04: 15 days late,

Main office

International Society For Krishna
Consciousness
1 Watford Road
RADLETT
WD7 8LA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE, TRANSMIT, SPREAD AND PROPAGATE THE RELIGION OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS AS REVEALED IN THE TEACHINGS OF THE BHAGVAD GITA AND SHRIMAD BHAGWATAM AND THE DOCTRINES AND OBSERVANCES THAT SERVE TO PROMOTE AND MANIFEST THE SAID RELIGION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNRESTRICTED

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