INTERNATIONAL DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY OF KUNSELLING

Registered charity 1019101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY, DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY U.K., DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY UK, THE DZOGCHEN COMMUNITY

To promote, advance and maintain the Dzogchen teachings and practise in its Buddhist and other forms throughtout the UK. To promote greeater understanding of Tibetan culture and traditions according to the teachings and spiritual guidance of Namkhai Rinpoche and his nominated sucerssors.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE DZOGCHEN TEACHING AND PRACTICE IN ITS BUDDHIST AND BON FORMS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE AND TO PROMOTE GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL TIBETAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS ACCORDING TO THE TEACHING AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF NAMKHAI NORBU RINPOCHE AND HIS NOMINATED SUCCESSORS

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £13,861 for the year, primarily due to a significant payment to an affiliated organisation in Italy that was delayed from the previous year. Despite this loss, the charity holds total unrestricted and restricted funds of £398,917 and has fully repaid the mortgage on its Wales centre, leaving only the London centre's mortgage as debt. The trustees note that ongoing interest rate increases require tight control over expenditure, but membership and rental income provide a degree of financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carolus Johannes Jacobus Maria Van Oldenbeek
• Louis Oliver Vaughan
• Michael Beeston
• Rafal Radecki
• Rajan Darbar
• Robin Russell
• Russell Pond

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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