UMA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1089869 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UMA BUDDHIST CENTRE

Our activities are to promote the Buddhist faith throught the activities of teaching, study, practice and the observance of moral discipline, all within the Mahayana Buddhist Tradition of Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa as taught by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTICE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE MAHAYANA BUDDHIST TRADITION OF ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA AS TAUGHT BY VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO, THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION, THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE NEW KADEMPA TRADITION STUDY PROGRAMMES: THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME, AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS MEMORANDUM.

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 reported a surplus of £1,687 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £45,117. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing relative stability in its activities despite high loan interest rates. All income was derived from charitable activities, and the charity maintains sufficient unrestricted reserves to cover unplanned 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04271203 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• STORDY, Annette — director, appointed 02/05/2025on trustee list
• DEVINE, Lisa Marie — director, appointed 05/09/2024on trustee list
• STROTTON, Barry John — director, appointed 21/04/2024on trustee list
• HOPGOOD, Sharon Dawn — secretary, appointed 01/07/2025

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annette Stordy
• Barry John Strotton
• Lisa Devine · trustee of 7 other charities

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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