GOLDEN BUDDHA CENTRE

Registered charity 1072818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing facilities and activities for Buddhists with an emphasis on retired Buddhists.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHISM AND LIVING A BUDDHIST WAY OF LIFE.TO ESTABLISH, EQUIP AND MANAGE A NONSECTARIAN AND ECOLOGICAL BUDDHIST CENTRE OR CENTRES TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHISM AND LIVING A BUDDHIST WAY OF LIFE WITHIN THE FIVE BUDDHIST PRECEPTS. A PLACE OR PLACES WHICH, IN ADDITION, PROVIDE FOR THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL NEEDS OF ELDERLY, INFIRM, OR SICK BUDDHISTS AND THEIR HELPERS..

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with no paid employees, relying entirely on volunteers for all activities. The charity reported a net expenditure of £2,521 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £479,600, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover two years of expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were inaccurate or non-compliant.

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 5 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
• 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
• Investment
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £370k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD CHARLES ST RUTHchair
• DIANA LESLEY ST RUTH
• Rosemary Jane Elizabeth Hayman-Joyce
• SIR JOHN ASKE BT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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