TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY ( BRIXTON )

Registered charity 1084889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER ( BRIXTON ), FWBO ( BRIXTON )

Provide classes, courses and study in meditation and Buddhism for people in Brixton and the surrounding areas.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION, IN PARTICULAR BY: 1.1 ENCOURAGING MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA; 1.2 SUPPORTING ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY AND OTHER DULY ORDAINED BUDDHISTS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ASSOCIATION;1.3 MAINTAINING CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH AND WORKING UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER GROUPS WITH THE SAME OBJECTS; AND 1.4 USING APPLICATIONS OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED (IN PRACTICE BRIXTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA)

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 overall performance against budget for 2025 was breakeven, as planned. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £92,551 at the end of the period, against a lease take-over loan liability of £45,000.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Triratna Buddhist Community ( Brixton ) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Guilhem Moninchair
• Alan Worrell
• Esther McKinney
• Jacqueline Clarke
• Richard Bolley
• Sam Farquharson

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL.

• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL income £111k
• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (WEST LONDON) income £215k
• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY SURREY income £494k
• TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY income £199k
• BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £427k
• THE TRIRATNA TRUST income £212k

Side by side with its peers

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