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Institute for the Advancement of Vedic Mathematics

Institute for the Advancement of Vedic Mathematics is a registered charity (number 1169197) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by James Glover since 2016. Latest income £25k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Iavm (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £25k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Canada, India and more
Website
instavm.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£25k£9k
  • 2024£21k£16k
  • 2023£20k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£1k
  • 2021£2k£511

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECT OF VEDIC MATHEMATICS BY:-1.PROMOTING RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS2.INCREASING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF VEDIC MATHEMATICS SKILLS, STUDY AND EXPERTISE BY MEANS OF CONFERENCES, WEBINAR WORKSHOPS AND ANNUAL PUBLICATIONS;3.PROMOTING THE USE OF VEDIC MATHEMATICS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS IN SCHOOLS OR OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF EDUCATION;4.RESEARCHING AND DEVELOPING THE ALGORITHMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS;5.SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE USE OF VEDIC MATHEMATICS THROUGH OFFERING ONLINE AND IN-PERSON COURSES FOR TEACHERS TOGETHER WITH THE PROVISION OF RESOURCE MATERIAL;6.DEVELOPING VEDIC MATHEMATICS RESOURCES FOR USE IN EDUCATION AND TO MAKE THESE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY;7.RUNNING PUBLIC COURSES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES ON VEDIC MATHEMATICS;8.ORGANISING REGULAR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON VEDIC MATHEMATICS; AND9.ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR PRACTITIONERS OF VEDIC MATHEMATICS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS.NOTE: VEDIC MATHEMATICS IS A COMPLETE AND COHERENT SYSTEM OF MATHEMATICS OFFERING SIMPLE, DIRECT TECHNIQUES THROUGH USE OF OUR NATURAL THOUGHT PROCESSES. IT IS BASED ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF APHORISMS ORIGINALLY SET OUT BY SRI SANKARACARYA B.K.TIRTHA.[NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION 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 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

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.

4 trustees on the board

8.2y median 9.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£25k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1169197
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Sep 2016
Contact on the register
07814469600 · instituteavm@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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