Registered charity (CIO) · London
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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Who leads it
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
- James Glover Chair since 2016
- Gowri Ramachandran since 2022
- Marianne Fletcher since 2017
- Swati Dave since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- James Glover Chair since 2016
- Marianne Fletcher since 2017
- Swati Dave since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- James Glover Chair since 2016
- Gowri Ramachandran since 2022
- Marianne Fletcher since 2017
- Swati Dave since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
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
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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