LODEN EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1114763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LODEN FOUNDATION, RIGDANG EDUCATION TRUST

1. Conduct educational and entrepreneurial training programmes in Bhutan2. Provide child sponsorships and scholarships3. Build educational and learning centres4. Organize cultural and social activities

Objects

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND LEARNING, THROUGH ESTABLISHING SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS AND RESOURCE CENTRES.TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE EDUCATION AND THE NEEDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN RELATION TO HEALTH EDUCATION, PRACTICAL SKILLS AND CRAFTS, AND LITERACY AMONG REMOTE VILLAGES AND COMMUNITIES WITHIN BHUTAN AND OTHER HIMALAYAN REGIONS.TO UNDERTAKE, IF NEED BE , OTHER CHARITABLE WORKS THAT CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: WITHIN BHUTAN AND OTHER HIMALAYAN REGIONS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had no policy on reserves and transferred donations to its implementing partner in Bhutan for investment. The charity's unrestricted funds increased from £17,412.76 to £30,490.09, while restricted funds decreased from £21,720.43 to £30,490.09 (note: text shows restricted end balance as 30,490.09 in B1 but calculation in A6 suggests 22,060.96; however, B1 explicitly lists 30,490.09 for Unrestricted and 26,603.2 for Restricted? No, B1 lists Unrestricted 30,490.09 and Restricted 26,603.2. Wait, let's re-read B1. Unrestricted: 30,490.09. Restricted: 26,603.2. Endowment: -. Total: 57,093.29. The narrative should reflect the lack of reserves policy and the transfer of funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Paying staff
• Volunteer management

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 06/02/2024, 6 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr KARMA PHUNTSHOchair
• ANNE TARDY
• Dechen Rabgyal
• Eric Drury
• Namgyel Wangchuk
• Sarah McMillan

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

Operates in: Bhutan

Income and spending

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