KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE WALES

Registered charity 1039234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DHARMAVAJRA BUDDHIST CENTRE

Teaching, study, practice and the observance of moral discipline all within the Mahayana Buddhist tradition of Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa as taught by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union, through the continuous implementation of the three New Kadampa Tradition Study Programmes.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE SOUTH WALES

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is good, with total reserves of £397,962 and a surplus for the year of £15,563. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £388,408, while cash balances were £20,967 at year-end. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £714,923, including a freehold property, against creditors including loans totaling £334,679.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02869366 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• LLEWELYN, Nicholas — director, appointed 26/08/2026on trustee list
• WILSON, Richard Ian — director, appointed 04/09/2025on trustee list
• DEVINE, Lisa Marie — director, appointed 29/02/2024on trustee list
• KAVANAGH, Ian — secretary, appointed 09/09/2019

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lisa Devine · trustee of 7 other charities
• Nicholas Llewelyn
• Richard Wilson

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Cardiff · Carmarthenshire · City Of Swansea · Merthyr Tydfil · Neath Port Talbot · Newport City · Pembrokeshire · Powys

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).