THE BUDDHIST COMMUNITY CENTRE LETCHWORTH

Registered charity 1088878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LETCHWORTH BUDDHIST VIHARA

1. To Serve the community with Buddhist teaching and practices2. To conduct meditation classes to help and lead a peaceful life. 3. To provide/assist in the provision of facilities to carry out Buddhist and Sri Lankan cultural functions .4. To advance the Buddhist way of life.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LETCHWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BUDDHIST INHABITANTS1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE IN NEED3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, IN PARTICULAR A BUDDHIST COMMUNITY CENTRE, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES4) TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST FAITH

Area of benefit: LETCHWORTH AND SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £274,569, providing a surplus over the previous year's £271,210. The charity reports a net income of £3,359 for the year, with total income of £35,241 against total expenditure of £31,882. The trustees indicate that reserves are held to cover ongoing activities, and no material uncertainties regarding going concern are disclosed.

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 handling
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• CHANDANI SANDAYA DIAS
• DELAPALAGE HARISCHANDRA KODAGODA
• DILIP GUNAWARDANA
• Dr YASA SIRI RAJAPAKSE
• GALPAYAGE UPUL MAHINDA JAYAWARDANE
• JAYANTHA KARUNADASA

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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