TELFORD BUDDHIST PRIORY

Registered charity 1088942 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Telford Buddhist Priory promotes the practice of Serene Reflection Meditation (Soto Zen Buddhism). It functions within the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST FAITH IN PARTICULAR THE SERENE REFLECTION MEDICATION SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM (ALSO KNOWN AS SOTO ZEN 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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Registered contact address: Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£64k

Latest spending

£33k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £63,780 against expenditure of £32,758, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £88,990, which exceeds its stated policy target of half annual income plus £6,000. The trustees confirm the financial position is sufficient to cover daily running costs and obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: half the charity’s annual income and adding £6,000 (reserves figure: £89k)

“The level of reserves is calculated by taking a figure of half the charity’s annual income and adding £6,000 to that amount, to cover replacement of a major asset.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £6,447 — contracts £6,447 (3); 27% of the £23,586 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Christopher Hughes OBC
Rev C D H ROLAND WATSON
Rev Mugo White MOBC

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£64k	£33k
31/03/2024	£39k	£38k
31/03/2023	£24k	£14k
31/03/2022	£18k	£25k
31/03/2021	£16k	£13k

Common questions

Is TELFORD BUDDHIST PRIORY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £63,780 against expenditure of £32,758, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £88,990, which exceeds its stated policy target of half annual income plus £6,000. The trustees confirm the financial position is sufficient to cover daily running costs and obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORWICH ZEN BUDDHIST PRIORY.

NORWICH ZEN BUDDHIST PRIORY income £28k
ROCHDALE ZEN RETREAT income £22k
LONDON MINDFULNESS MEDITATION CENTRE income £166k
SHEFFIELD TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY income £214k
THE TERTON SOGYAL TRUST income £86k
THROSSEL HOLE BUDDHIST ABBEY income £945k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TELFORD BUDDHIST PRIORY	£64k	—	above	—	no doubt
NORWICH ZEN BUDDHIST PRIORY FY2026	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROCHDALE ZEN RETREAT FY2025	£22k	—	above	—	no doubt
LONDON MINDFULNESS MEDITATION CENTRE FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHEFFIELD TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY FY2025	£214k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TERTON SOGYAL TRUST FY2025	£86k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.