SUSILA DHARMA BRITAIN

Registered charity 291818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S D - BRITAIN, SUSILA DHARMA (BRITAIN)

Fundraising and publicity for projects of members of the World Subud Association, which relieve poverty and sickness, advance education and promote environmental sustainability or any other social and humanitarian development anywhere in the world.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Arun, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£39k

Latest spending

£82k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £521,409 at the end of the financial year. The trustees' report confirms the charity was in a good financial position, with investment income contributing significantly to incoming resources. The going concern statement indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Donations and legacies income totalled £38,325. Donations totalled £25,525 and legacies £12,800.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of known liabilities plus a smaller provision for unforeseen liabilities (reserves figure: £521k)

“The trustees aim to keep between 3 and 6 months cover in relation to known liabilities in addition to a smaller provision of free reserves, which is kept for unforeseen liabilities.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investment
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 6
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 4
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Timothy James Williams
Elliot Harding-Cox
Felicia Jacquelyn Patricia McGarry
Miriam Elisha Davina Bennett
Raphaella Sapir
Robin James Hubert Jones
SARAH JEAN PENFOLD · trustee of 1 other charity
Teguh Santosa

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

Operates in: Angola · Canada · Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ecuador · France · Germany · India · Indonesia · Netherlands · Norway · Portugal

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£39k	£82k
31/12/2024	£55k	£114k
31/12/2023	£154k	£96k
31/12/2022	£136k	£218k
31/12/2021	£236k	£90k

Common questions

Is SUSILA DHARMA BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £521,409 at the end of the financial year. The trustees' report confirms the charity was in a good financial position, with investment income contributing significantly to incoming resources. The going concern statement indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUSILA DHARMA BRITAIN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUSILA DHARMA BRITAIN as a grant recipient include THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1.9m
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£60k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£35k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SOLIDARITY PROJECTS LTD	1	£69k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	1	£28k
IHELP GLOBAL	1	£24k

Charities like this

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

THE SUTASOMA TRUST income £134k
SAVAYRA FOUNDATION U.K. income £68k
SUBUD BRITAIN income £1.0m
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) income £3.1m
SRI GURU SINGH SABHA SOUTHALL income £5.1m
INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST PROGRESS SOCIETY (UK) income £660k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SUSILA DHARMA BRITAIN	£39k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUTASOMA TRUST FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAVAYRA FOUNDATION U.K. FY2025	£68k	—	above	—	no doubt
SUBUD BRITAIN FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) FY2025	£3.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
SRI GURU SINGH SABHA SOUTHALL FY2025	£5.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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