MAHAVIR FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 296175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAHAVIR FOUNDATION

Advancement of Jain religion and education in the UK & throughout the world.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased from £2,761,000.68 in 2023 to £3,085,145.40 in 2024, driven by a net profit of £300,588.92. The charity holds significant unrestricted funds of £389.19 alongside restricted funds totaling £936,873.87. The balance sheet indicates a strong asset base with substantial bank balances and property holdings, though specific liquidity constraints or policy targets are not detailed in this extract.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £2.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~82.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chandrakant Shah
• KIRIT MEHTA
• Kalpana Shah
• Mukesh Kapashi
• NIRAJ SUTARIA
• RAJEN SHAH
• Radha Vora
• Rajkumar Shah

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS BHAKTIVEDANTA MANOR.

• INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS BHAKTIVEDANTA MANOR income £6.6m
• ACHARYA SHRI VIDYASAGAR DIGAMBAR JAIN CHARITABLE TRUST LONDON UK income £171k
• OSHWAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UK income £2.1m
• MW (HO) FOUNDATION income £207k
• JAIN SAMAJ EUROPE income £343k
• HA MEEM FOUNDATION income £496k

Side by side with its peers

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