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SCIENCE OF THE SOUL BRITISH ISLES

Registered charity 1163554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCIENCE OF THE SOUL

Spiritual organisation

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small net surplus of £13,797 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £928,018. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to ensure the charity remains self-sustaining and meet unforeseen eventualities. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income)
“Income generated from voluntary donations was £2,621,448 (2023: £2,701,388) including tax refunded by HM Revenue and Customs under the Gift Aid scheme.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to ensure that the Charity will remain self-sustaining into the foreseeable future and to meet any unforeseen eventualities (held: £928k)
“The Trustees consider this level of reserves sufficient to ensure that the Charity will remain self-sustaining into the foreseeable future and to meet any unforeseen eventualities.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The unincorporated charity Science of the Soul - British Isles donated £50,000 to the Charity.
“During the year the unincorporated charity donated £50,000 to the Charity.” — page 24
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Jassal and Company. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£928k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.7m£2.7m
31/12/2023£2.8m£2.8m
31/12/2022£2.5m£2.4m
31/12/2021£2.9m£2.8m
31/12/2020£2.1m£2.1m

Common questions

Is SCIENCE OF THE SOUL BRITISH ISLES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a small net surplus of £13,797 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £928,018. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to ensure the charity remains self-sustaining and meet unforeseen eventualities. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Jassal and Company.

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
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL1£999k
SRI SATHYA SAI CHARITABLE TRUST UK1£3k
GATEWAY CHURCH SWINDON1£3k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SCIENCE OF THE SOUL BRITISH ISLES£2.7m—0above—no doubt
THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2024£13.4m——unclear—no doubt
NAN PING SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION ORGANIZATION OF THE UK FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
BRAHMA KUMARIS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY (UK) FY2025£3.2m—0above—no doubt
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK FY2024£655k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEES ON PUBLICATION FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FY2024£398k£101,6231unclear—no doubt

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