KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE READING

Registered charity 1050321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHANTIDEVA BUDDHIST CENTRE, SHANTIDEVA CENTRE

Shantideva Centre provides a range of meditation classes and Buddhist events throughout the Thames Valley. It is a member of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT-IKBU).

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTISE 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 THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY; THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME, AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS MEMORANDUM.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £740,750 against a policy target of holding sufficient free reserves to cover imminent renovation work. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £740,750 for the year, with total assets of £757,258 and unrestricted funds of £740,750. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £550k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Ruth Day
• Janette Rose HUDSON
• Matthew David Sinclair

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Surrey · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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