ISHA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1152417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISHA

Isha Foundation, founded by Sadhguru, is a non-religious, non-profit, public service organization, dedicated to raising human consciousness

Objects

The objects of the Charity are:To advance the education of the public in the art and practice of yoga and meditation, in particular but not exclusively in Kriya Yoga, Pranyama and Hatha Yoga; andTo advance any purpose that is charitable under the laws of England and Wales.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,421,957 for the year, resulting in total free/unrestricted reserves of £10,096,936. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and that reserves are held above the stated policy target of £5 million to £5.5 million. The financial position is characterized by strong working capital and no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Isha Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~23.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Kaoruko Yamazaki
• ELIE ZABBAL
• MOUMITA SEN SARMA
• NATHALIE THOME
• Rahul Prakash
• Vinod Rao

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

Operates in: Abu Dhabi · Albania · Andorra · Austria · Bahrain · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · Dubai

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ASHA FOUNDATION.

• THE ASHA FOUNDATION income £162k
• ISSA FOUNDATION income £9.9m
• ISHA- THE HIP PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £507k
• AL-IMDAAD FOUNDATION UK income £6.2m
• THE I S A CHARITY income £1.2m
• ABRAR ISLAMIC FOUNDATION income £318k

Side by side with its peers

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