THE DHARMA TRUST

Registered charity 1090628 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHOS KHOR LING, MARPA HOUSE

Meditation and Retreat Centre

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST RELIGION; (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO TIBETAN BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES; AND (3) THE CONDUCT OF STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST MEDICINE AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF ALL SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £1,092,095, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £45,000. The filing notes that the unusually large increase in income was due to a donation following the transfer of assets from the sale of another centre, providing financial security for the long-term future.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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 04332473

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.

• HENRIQUES, Benedict Francis Luis — director, appointed 02/03/2024on trustee list
• ATKINSON, Christopher Malcolm — director, appointed 10/07/2021on trustee list
• MILLER, Tansy — director, appointed 14/03/2015on trustee list
• KUKA, Louise Dawn — director, appointed 20/11/2010on trustee list
• BARTER, Nicholas Arthur Beamish — director, appointed 30/11/2001on trustee list
• ATKINSON, Christopher Malcolm — secretary, appointed 18/05/2025

Official officers record.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benedict Francis Luis Henriques · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER MALCOLM ATKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• LOUISE DAWN KUKA · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICHOLAS ARTHUR BEAMISH BARTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• TANSY MILLER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD.

• Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD income £591k
• SAMADHI RETREAT CENTRE income £238k
• THE FOREST HERMITAGE TRUST income £103k
• BUDDHA LAND KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £124k
• STONEWATER ZEN CENTRE TRUST income £106k
• SRI DATTA YOGA CENTRE (UK) income £254k

Side by side with its peers

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