JAMYANG BUDDHIST CENTRE

Registered charity 1106802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Jamyang Buddhist Centre provides classes in meditation and Buddhist philosophy.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST FAITH AND BUDDHIST CHARITABLE INSTITUTION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, MAKING BUDDHIST TEACHINGS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS THEM.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT THE 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 the charity reported a net surplus of £9,124 for the year, with total income decreasing to £630,325 from the prior year. The trustees consider the financial position healthy, noting that unrestricted reserves of £306,590 are adequate to cover contractual commitments and represent almost six months of running costs.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

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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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jan Thomas Andresen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lynn Seedhouse · trustee of 1 other charity
• Media Maya Gyamtso · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pempa Lahmu Samuels
• ROBIN SIDNEY BATH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Valeriya Rudenko · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUDDHA LAND KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD.

• BUDDHA LAND KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £124k
• MANCHESTER BUDDHIST CENTRE income £271k
• LAM RIM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £127k
• BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £427k
• SAMADHI RETREAT CENTRE income £238k
• Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD income £591k

Side by side with its peers

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