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Registered charity · Maidenhead

Soka Gakkai International - UK

To promote in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world the study and practice of Nichiren Buddhism as taught by Soka Gakkai International by such means as the Trustees think fit including, but not limited to: (a) the promotion of peace and...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.2m (2024)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
sgi-uk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Soka Gakkai International - UK
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.2m£4.1m
  • 2023£3.3m£3.8m
  • 2022£2.6m£3.4m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.4m£3.3m
  • 2020£2.5m£3.3m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To promote in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world the study and practice of Nichiren Buddhism as taught by Soka Gakkai International by such means as the Trustees think fit including, but not limited to: (a) the promotion of peace and understanding between peoples of different cultures and races; (b) the education of the public in arts of cultural and educational value (including the arts of music, song, dance, drama, literature, painting, drawing and sculpture); (c) the education of the public about conservation, protection and improvement of the environment; (d) the education of the public about human rights and their maintenance and observation; (e) the relief of poverty, sickness, infirmity and old age; (f) the education of the public about peaceful means of conflict resolution. Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10Religious Activities 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 8

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

39 from 43 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1104491
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 APRIL 2004. as amended on 21 Sept 2024
Companies House
Company number 05114516 · Active
Contact on the register
01628773163 · robert.harrap@sgi-uk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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