THE SHRIMALA TRUST

Registered charity 1078783 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AWAKENED HEART SANGHA

THE CHARITY AIMS TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE BUDDHIST FAITH, AND IN PARTICULAR THE KAGYU-NYINGMA TRADITION OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM. THESE AIMS ARE FURTHERED THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AWAKENED HEART SANGHA, A SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY IN THE KAGYU AND NYINGMA TRADITIONS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM, FORMED BY STUDENTS OF LAMA SHENPEN HOOKHAM.

Objects

TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE BUDDHIST FAITH, AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE KAGYU-NYINGMA TRADITION OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM.

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's income and expenditure are reasonably balanced, with a net movement in funds of a loss of £4,890 for the year ended 30 April 2025. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. Unrestricted reserves stood at £408,119, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining three to six months of expenditure.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Dewchair
• JONATHAN JULIUS FENTON SHAW
• STEPHANIE PATRICIA HAIR

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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