01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 16 October 1969
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 00962009
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £17,425,358
- Latest expenditure
- £13,979,888
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: International Society For Krishna, Consciousness, 1 Watford Road, RADLETT, WD7 8LA
Website recorded by the regulator: www.iskconuk.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To systematically promote spiritual education based on the teachings of His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, as given in Bhagavad Gita and Shrimad Bhagavatam, offering spiritual techniques for a more simpler, healthier, happier way of life. To teach and encourage the sankirtana movement, congregational chanting of the Holy Names of God (Krishna) as taught by Sri Caitanya.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £17,425,358
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £13,979,888
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £14,967,214
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £13,522,027
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £13,777,153
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £11,740,658
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £12,911,034
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,441,664
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 10 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 10 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £11,074,194
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,364,292
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £17,425,358
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £13,979,888
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £2,100
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2600
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £14,967,214
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £13,522,027
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2000
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £13,777,153
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £11,740,658
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £63,438
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2000
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £12,911,034
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,441,664
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £836,627
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 400
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 10 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £11,074,194
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,364,292
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £571,642
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 500
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 6892034
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 2187859
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4721633
- Income Investments
- 306145
- Income Other
- 3317687
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 17425358
- Income Legacies
- 285323
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,678,451
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,678,701
- Expenditure Other
- 4622736
- Expenditure Total
- 13979888
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 978679
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1221143
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £22,398,367
- Assets Total Fixed
- 48879734
- Assets Own Use
- 48368325
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 511409
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £15,171,504
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £6,295,632
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £57,755,606
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2619454
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3676178
- Assets Cash
- £11,594,417
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 23445474
- Funds Restricted
- 34310132
- Funds Total
- 57755606
- Count Employees
- 189
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 5548098
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 2219682
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3611815
- Income Investments
- 532800
- Income Other
- 3054819
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 14967214
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,889,167
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,266,380
- Expenditure Other
- 4366480
- Expenditure Total
- 13522027
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1152664
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 981629
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £20,224,934
- Assets Total Fixed
- 47720285
- Assets Own Use
- 47208876
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 511409
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £12,671,175
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £6,081,325
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £54,310,135
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2548035
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3533290
- Assets Cash
- £9,297,723
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 21049019
- Funds Restricted
- 33261116
- Funds Total
- 54310135
- Count Employees
- 177
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 5243933
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 2008382
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3200772
- Income Investments
- 386459
- Income Other
- 2937607
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 13777153
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,175,871
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,831,301
- Expenditure Other
- 3733486
- Expenditure Total
- 11740658
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1006221
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 924894
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 48648
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £18,974,534
- Assets Total Fixed
- 45214762
- Assets Own Use
- 44178353
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1036409
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £14,166,430
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £6,516,244
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £52,864,948
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3712589
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 2803655
- Assets Cash
- £10,948,280
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 19531827
- Funds Restricted
- 33333121
- Funds Total
- 52864948
- Count Employees
- 170
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 5036066
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1492625
- Income Charitable Activities
- 2837951
- Income Investments
- 270458
- Income Other
- 3273934
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 12911034
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,338,671
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,937,758
- Expenditure Other
- 3165235
- Expenditure Total
- 10441664
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1572609
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1523449
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £17,957,075
- Assets Total Fixed
- 45740460
- Assets Own Use
- 44752699
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 987761
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £11,196,488
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £6,157,143
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £50,779,805
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2291923
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 3865220
- Assets Cash
- £9,251,484
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 18051086
- Funds Restricted
- 32728719
- Funds Total
- 50779805
- Count Employees
- 160
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 10 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4457357
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 799785
- Income Charitable Activities
- 2597065
- Income Investments
- 237056
- Income Other
- 2982931
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 11074194
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,726,354
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,637,938
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 8364292
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 42800
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1276826
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1589306
- Gain Loss Investment
- 32500
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £15,656,722
- Assets Total Fixed
- 44414673
- Assets Own Use
- 43426863
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 987810
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £10,622,408
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £6,705,383
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £48,331,698
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2152107
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 4553276
- Assets Cash
- £9,310,506
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 15594106
- Funds Restricted
- 32737592
- Funds Total
- 48331698
- Count Employees
- 136
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1969-10-16T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1969 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27TH MAY 1993
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE, TRANSMIT, SPREAD AND PROPAGATE THE RELIGION OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS AS REVEALED IN THE TEACHINGS OF THE BHAGVAD GITA AND SHRIMAD BHAGWATAM AND THE DOCTRINES AND OBSERVANCES THAT SERVE TO PROMOTE AND MANIFEST THE SAID RELIGION.
- Area Of Benefit
- UNRESTRICTED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 169034
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- ISKCON
11 Official extract
Charity Other Regulators
- Regulator Order
- 1
- Regulator Name
- Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
12 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures