ECKANKAR UNITED KINGDOM

Registered charity 1165900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ECKANKAR UK

The advancement of religion in accordance with the principles and tenets of ECKANKAR.

Objects

SPECIFIC OBJECTS AND POWERS. THE PRIMARY AND SPECIFIC OBJECTS OF THIS CIO ARE:(A) TO SERVE AS A NONPROFIT RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION THROUGH WHICH AND BY WHICH THE ECKANKAR TEACHINGS MAY BE GIVEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE SPIRITUAL BENEFIT OF ITS UNITED KINGDOM MEMBERS AND ALL OTHERS WHO SEEK SPIRITUAL UPLIFTMENT, AND(B) TO PROTECT, FOLLOW, AND TEACH THE TENETS, DOCTRINES, AND PRINCIPLES OF ECKANKAR AS INTERPRETED AND TAUGHT BY THE LIVING ECK MASTER, THE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF ECKANKAR, WHO PRESENTLY IS SRI HAROLD KLEMP, AND(C) TO EXERCISE ALL RIGHTS, POWERS, AND PRIVILEGES NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE AFORESAID OBJECTS, AND TO HOLD IN TRUST AND USE ALL ITS PROPERTY AND ASSETS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS ORGANISATIONAL OBJECTS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £37,949 for the year ended 31 December 2025, increasing its total unrestricted funds to £696,147. The trustees maintain a reserves policy aiming for annual income to meet annual expenditure, with designated reserves of £342,264 set aside for future projects. The accounts confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEVEN PETER MALLETTchair
• Deborah Zwilling-Ikpoh
• JOHN MACLENNAN
• Mun Yee Ng
• SUNEETA KUMAR

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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