KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 1025003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEACEFULMIND, SAMANTABHADRA BUDDHIST CENTRE, SAMANTABHADRA CENTRE

TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITIONS - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY AND PRACTICE. TO TEACH MEDITATION CLASSES TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. TO WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HELP OTHERS TO DEVELOP INNER PEACE.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTICE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE MAHAYANA BUDDHIST TRADITION OT ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA AS TAUGHT BY VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO, THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION, THROUGH THE CONTINUOS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY PROGRAMMES: THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME, AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL AS DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS MEMORANDUM.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE MIDLAND COUNTIES

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,482 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £237,109. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £702,361, offset by long-term liabilities of £493,818, resulting in net assets of £238,486. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention indicating non-compliance with accounting records or relevant standards.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02828912

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kadampa Meditation Centre Birmingham (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DUFFY, Julie Doreen — director, appointed 13/06/2026on trustee list
• DAY, Amanda Ruth — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• KAUR, Perwinder — director, appointed 21/07/2023on trustee list
• OLIVER-WALSH, Tracey — secretary, appointed 01/07/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £700k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA RUTH DAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Doreen Duffy
• Perwinder Kaur

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LONDON.

• KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LONDON income £158k
• KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE NOTTINGHAM LIMITED income £118k
• KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE MANCHESTER income £114k
• MADHYAMAKA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £550k
• Heruka Kadampa Meditation Centre income £366k
• VAJRAPANI KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE income £95k

Side by side with its peers

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