# THE KARUNA TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 327461
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 5, 1987
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=327461


## Contact

- **Address:** THE KARUNA TRUST, 72 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N7 8JG
- **Phone:** 02077003434
- **Email:** info@karuna.org
- **Website:** www.karuna.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION (4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

**Activities:** Karuna works alongside the most excluded people in South Asia, overcoming discrimination with locally-led education, gender equality and sustainable livelihood projects.

**Area of benefit:** ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- India
- Nepal



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2100568 | £2209906 | £1087312 | 24 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2182784 | £2231425 | £1196650 | 24 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2198853 | £2209936 | £1245291 | 23 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2296485 | £2157761 | £1256374 | 23 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2288912 | £1934071 | £1117650 | 23 |



## Trustees

- **Peter David White** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 2, 2022
- Carolyn Olga Milosevic — appointed Aug. 2, 2022
- Dishir Thakkar — appointed March 5, 2026
- Sundeep Kaur Grewal — appointed April 27, 2022