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THE KANGYUR RINPOCHE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 284845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Direct support for street children in Nepal to enable them to attend school rather than begging or forced labour. Support for Nuns and Monks arriving from Tibet - 50 on average per month. Creating new classrooms in India for Tibetan children; after 3 years the Government takes over the running costs. Offer scholarships to students and support families to enable them to buy food.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£464k
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £726k for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to the utilization of surplus funds from previous years. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,443k, while restricted reserves were £11k. The trustees consider the charity a going concern and maintain a reserves policy of holding at least three months' expenditure in cash and reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary income - donations (97% of income)
“Voluntary income - donations 447,217” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“It has been agreed that at least 3 months’ of expenditure is to be held in cash and reserves at all times.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kangyur Rinpoche Foundation UK (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~17.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: China · France · India · Nepal · Portugal · Spain · Vietnam

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£464k£1.2m
31/12/2023£1.8m£1.5m
31/12/2022£645k£569k
31/12/2021£779k£733k
31/12/2020£409k£355k

Common questions

Is THE KANGYUR RINPOCHE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £726k for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to the utilization of surplus funds from previous years. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,443k, while restricted reserves were £11k. The trustees consider the charity a going concern and maintain a reserves policy of holding at least three months' expenditure in cash and reserves. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION1£108k
FUTURES FOR KIDS1£52k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£20k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION1£20k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST1£20k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION1£3k
INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE TRUST1£-985

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KIDS IN KATHMANDU NEPAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE KANGYUR RINPOCHE FOUNDATION£464k—0unclear—no doubt
KIDS IN KATHMANDU NEPAL FY2025£102k—0no_policy0.0%no doubt
STAY AT SCHOOL FY2025£196k—0within—no doubt
THE DUSTY YAK FOUNDATION FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
CLASSROOMS IN THE CLOUDS FY2025£284k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILD EDUCATION NEPAL UK FY2023£740k—0unclear—no doubt

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