UNIVERSAL CONFLUENCE OF YOGA VEDANTA LUMINARY TRUST

Registered charity 1051590 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UCYL TRUST

The Trust teaches Yoga and Vedanta applied philosophy, through Hatha Yoga and meditation courses, Yoga Days and Retreats. We work for the wellbeing and upliftment of everyone irrespective of sexual orientation, age, religion, colour or profession covering physical and mental health issues, domestic abuse, poverty, unemployment, housing and homelessness, bereavements, public service sector etc.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£153k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £107,435 at the end of the financial year. The trustees' policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £107k)
The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£153k£102k
31/12/2023£175k£140k
31/12/2022£134k£131k
31/12/2021£126k£100k
31/12/2020£60k£59k

Common questions

Is UNIVERSAL CONFLUENCE OF YOGA VEDANTA LUMINARY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £107,435 at the end of the financial year. The trustees' policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/12/2020£10kCovid-19 Yoga and Support

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ENFIELD LIONS CLUB (CIO)1£6k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNIVERSAL CONFLUENCE OF YOGA VEDANTA LUMINARY TRUST£153k0unclearno doubt
DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR FY2025£771k0aboveno doubt
LIFE ETERNAL TRUST (UK) FY2025£747k0unclearno doubt
Vedanta Institute UK FY2025£151k0unclearno doubt
THE YOGA HEALING FOUNDATION FY2024£374k0unclearno doubt
SRI DATTA YOGA CENTRE (UK) FY2025£254k0aboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.