The Community of the Many Names of God

Provides multifaith worship, care and support for a nation wide annual congregation of 90,000, at the three Temples in Skanda Vale monastery, SA33 6JT. Donated 84.5 tonnes of direct food aid in 2018. Is volunteer led with 78,500 volunteer hours provided by 950 volunteers across the work of the charity in 2018.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £1,084,228 and spent £719,137.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 164%, from £411,375 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £1,084,228 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 66% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

Ynni Cymru gave £45,000 in the year to 31 December 2025, 4% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: £50,000 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 December 2025, the charity named 4 funders who gave £51,300 between them. £5,000 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2014, worth at least £520,000.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Public bodies' published spending shows 2 payments to this charity worth £134,999 between 7 January 2026 and 20 March 2026.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

11 trustees run the charity.

• Michael Denis BegleyChairAppointed 1 June 1993
• Allison TaberAppointed 7 October 2017
• Anjna ChavdaAppointed 16 June 2013
• Debdatta MallickAppointed 30 September 2026
• Jakob WilliAppointed 7 October 2017
• Mani GovindanAppointed 16 June 2013
• Rev Justin Raymond-BarkerAppointed 1 June 2004
• Rev Kenneth VivianAppointed 1 March 2000
• Robin RoseAppointed 31 May 2011
• Stefan SuterAppointed 2 July 2016
• Surendran ChellappahAppointed 21 September 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

511166

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

10 March 1981

Governing document

TRUST DEED DATED 17/09/1980AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 09/02/2002AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 12/12/2015AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 07 OCT 2017 as amended on 11 Jul 2020

Website

www.skandavale.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin