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BRAHMA KUMARIS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY (UK)

Registered charity 269971 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BKWSU, BRAHMA KUMANS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY (UK), BRAHMA KUMARIS, WORLD RENEWAL SPIRITUAL TRUST (UK) · also registered in Scotland as SC040512 (OSCR)

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Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2022

Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £3,429,955 from £4,961,925 in the prior year, while total resources expended increased to £2,373,039. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £1,056,917 and held unrestricted reserves of £22,438,123 at year-end.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £2m (held: £22.4m)
“the trustees consider it reasonable given its policy to retain at least 2m to fund ongoing costs of the Charity for at least one year” — page 23
Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kingsley Brackmann Partnership. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£2.8m
Reserves (reported)
£4.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~17.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.4m£2.8m
31/12/2023£3.3m£2.5m
31/12/2022£3.4m£2.4m
31/12/2021£5.0m£2.1m
31/12/2020£3.6m£1.7m

Common questions

Is BRAHMA KUMARIS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY (UK) financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income decreased to £3,429,955 from £4,961,925 in the prior year, while total resources expended increased to £2,373,039. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £1,056,917 and held unrestricted reserves of £22,438,123 at year-end. Its FY2022 accounts were audited by Kingsley Brackmann Partnership.