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GAIA HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 900339 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GAIA HOUSE

Gaia House is an Insight Meditation Centre offering a year round programme of silent retreats with meditation instruction and teachings drawn from the Buddhist traditions.

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

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £32,564 in 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,267,425 and total expenditure of £1,244,513. Per the trustees' report, reserves are above the target level, and the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (77% of income)
“Retreat income in 2025 was £974,947 compared to £1,014,750 in 2024.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gaia House (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£753k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.3m£1.2m
31/12/2024£1.4m£1.1m
31/12/2023£1.2m£987k
31/12/2022£751k£805k
31/12/2021£582k£582k

Common questions

Is GAIA HOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £32,564 in 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,267,425 and total expenditure of £1,244,513. Per the trustees' report, reserves are above the target level, and the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

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
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION1£215k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION1£100k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION1£90k
THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUST1£85k
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH1£78k
THE DIXON FOUNDATION1£12k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED1£10k
SAVANNAH WISDOM1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GAIA HOUSE TRUST£1.3m—0above—no doubt
THE GAIA FOUNDATION FY2025£1.7mOver £60,0001within—no doubt
THE GUHYALOKA TRUST FY2024£108k—0unclear—no doubt
BUDDHA LAND KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD FY2024£124k—0above—no doubt
VAJRAVARAHI KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD FY2024£163k—0unclear—no doubt
Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD FY2024£591k—0unclear—no doubt

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