Hdsk

Registered charity 1016818 · since 1993hdsk.org.uk·England, Wales·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

HDSK's work fits organisations whose projects concern peace promotion, public education, live events or Self-Knowledge sessions, which are its stated themes.
The annual report gives no grants total and no typical grant range, and the only grant figure it shows is £50,000 paid to a charity it works closely with, so a small nonprofit should not assume a particular request size.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so the sensible first step is to use the contact it shows to ask whether it accepts approaches.
Because the one recorded grant went to a close partner, it is unclear how open HDSK is to unsolicited requests, and an existing relationship may matter more than a cold application.

Overview

HDSK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1016818).

HDSK is a charitable educational trust, established by deed, whose purpose is to advance public education in the understanding and realisation of human potential based on a message of peace. Its programmes are events at which the speaker addresses audiences in person, both in the UK and internationally, Self-Knowledge learning sessions that take place across the UK each year, and occasional one-off projects that support the promotion of the message. HDSK paid a grant of £50,000 to a charity.

What they fund

Priority Areas

HDSK supports the promotion of Prem Rawat’s message of peace and public education about the understanding and realisation of human potential. Its work includes arranging UK live events with Prem Rawat, learning sessions in which people are taught or revisit the techniques of Self-Knowledge, and occasional one-off peace initiatives; it also supports live events internationally. HDSK describes cooperation with a global network of charities and not-for-profit organisations. Its annual report records a grant to a charity with which it works closely.

Themes

Peace promotion
Public education
Live events
Self-Knowledge sessions

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£546,884	£561,393	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£2,319,649	£399,258	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£493,480	£585,016	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£215,598	£560,977	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£368,073	£392,606	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.