jann wrote:Charity? What charity?
Exactly. The BKs don't do charity. 99.99% is self-promotion or self-interest. Please prove me wrong.
arvind.giri wrote:Where will they spend it?
On self-promotion. PR. International airfare, and expenses to keep up schmoozing VIPs.
Just to exist in the Western world costs, I would say, £15,000 per year; food, bills, local taxes, heating, new saris etc ... and that's walking or using a bicycle to travel around (
*Minimum* Income Standard is approx £10,400).
To operate a desk space (Jayanti has her office) costs another £10 to 15,000 per year.
To employ a servant/personal assistant costs at least another £10,000 each (
yes, we know the Brahma Kumaris use unpaid slaves Indian girls, but let's say they actually paid for what they use ... as even owning a slave in the West incurs the owners some expenses, say a minimum of £5,000).
A car (Jayanti has had her own car), standing costs of owning a car are £2,000 pa (
tax, Insurance, depreciation, breakdown cover); running costs £5,000 (
petrol, tyres, service, labour, parts, parking and tolls).
Then there is the national and international travel, how many times does a Senior Sister circle the globe in a year?
I note from the
2012 accounts, they get £142,372 from the UK government (
tax refunds from £1,4055,945 donations), but there are no specific wages nor travel expenses paid to the Seniors ... unless they are hidden in the £210,678 "governance costs". (Motor and travel expenses are £115,722, so perhaps that account for the Seniors air fares? It says they own £99,377 worth of motor vehicles!).
Then there are the shared of expenses of owning a town house and a big, fancy country retreat.
But it still says, "No salaries are paid to volunteers or management committee" ... so how do the Seniors and their slaves survive?Now, bottomline is, to "keep up with Joneses", you've got to spend like the Joneses and "spending like the Joneses" in the VIP world the BKs are greedy and lustful for costs extra on top of the above; gifts, entertainment, dinners, publicity, communications, attending events etc ... so let's say, what, a real world cost of around £70,000 to 80,000 per year? Sounds reasonable ... please correct me if I am wrong. (For example, there are £37,257 worth of telephone calls ... £100,369 of computer/IT costs).
Interestingly, the BKWSU (UK) "working with The World Renewal Spiritual Trust" (which is a tool of BKWSU India) paid for new kitchens in Mount Abu ... "Donations to further specific projects £500,000". In previous years, they paid for food, and IT and entertainment systems for Abu. Who know if it was really spent on food ... or if by accounting it as being spending on food Abu could then spend its money on something, like building new buildings?
And on top of audaciously claiming to "relieve poverty" and "promote the advancement of the Hindu Religion and other religions of the world", they now claim "Humanitarian emergency aid". But no sign of any in the accounts ...
(
BTW, in 2012, the BKs claim there were 805 regular BKs in England which means they give an average of £1,808 each, or £35 per week. In the 2011 accounts[/url], they claimed there were 750-780 regular BKs in England, therefore, they spent approximately £1,000,000 making 50 to 25 new BKs ... or £20,000 to 40,000 each !!!
Are 50 to 25 new BKs really worth that? At the average rate of £1,800 times ... 50 = £90,000 income, therefore the BKs are, roughly speaking, spending £1,000,000 to make £90,000 per year. Their economics suck and will probably end up being their downfall.).