Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

BRAHMA KUMARIS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY (UK) 

Regular religious discourses, religious festivals, lectures, seminars & courses, retreats, community outreach.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £24,312,068 available, equivalent to 123 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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£3,430£2,373£1,057£0£24,312£24,312122.90330
31/12/21£4,962£2,060£2,902£0£23,255£22,674132.10285
31/12/20£3,594£1,677£1,916£0£20,353£19,943142.70275
31/12/19£4,098£2,267£1,831£0£18,437£17,05790.30255
31/12/18£3,329£2,297£1,032£0£16,606£15,00478.40260
31/12/17£2,029£2,396£-366£0£15,574£14,99975.100
31/12/16£2,093£2,370£-276£0£15,941£15,92080.600
31/12/15£2,416£2,276£140£234£16,217£16,19685.42870
31/12/14£2,821£2,286£535£2,286£16,077£16,07384.400
31/12/13£1,572£2,549£-977£2,549£15,542£15,52673.100
31/12/12£1,753£2,315£-562£211£16,519£16,51985.600
31/12/11£1,689£1,817£-129£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£1,679£2,325£-645£173£17,211£17,21188.81450
31/12/09£1,302£1,535£-232£156£17,856£17,856139.61230
31/12/08£2,141£1,498£643£137£18,088£18,081144.900
31/12/07£1,970£1,222£748£105£17,445£17,440171.300
31/12/06*£2,117£1,711£406£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£1,586£1,043£542£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£1,279£961£318£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 122.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 32 months
Quick Ratio: INF
Asset Split ?
Established: 49 years

www.brahmakumaris.uk

info@uk.brahmakumaris.org

02087273350

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other religious associations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 330 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/09/1975, number: 269971
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR06: 86 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

BRAHMA KUMARIS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIV
65-69 POUND LANE
LONDON
NW10 2HH

Objectives

(I) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE HINDU RELIGION AND OTHER RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD. (II) TO PROMOTE STUDIES OF AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF HINDU RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY, YOGA (VARIOUS TECHNIQUES OF CONCENTRATION AS DEFINED AND DISCUSSED IN HINDU SCRIPTURES) AND TO MAKE KNOWN THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDIES AND RESEARCH. (III) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS AND DISTRESS. (IV) TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL OR MORAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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