THE OXFORD CENTRE FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES

Registered charity 1114960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCBS

The OCBS:1 promotes/supports teaching/research on Buddhist texts, social forms & history (including interdisciplinary work):a) in Oxford University; &b) in collaborations based in Oxford 2. collaborates with So-Wide to: a) raise funds for posts/bursaries in Buddhist Studies at Oxford University; & b) run University Extension courses for non-Oxford students & the general public

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY HOLDING AND ADMINISTERING FUNDS FOR PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY TEACHING POSTS, AND TEMPORARY RESEARCH POSTS, IN BUDDHIST STUDIES AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY; BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN BUDDHIST STUDIES UNDERTAKEN BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY; AND BY AGREEING ARRANGEMENTS FOR COLLABORATION IN RESPECT OF BUDDHIST STUDIES TEACHING AND RESEARCH WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (AND COLLEGES, FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS WITHIN IT), AND WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN GENERATING AND DIFFUSING ACADEMICALLY SOUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDDHIST TRADITION.

Area of benefit: OXFORD

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 charity reported a surplus of £1,234,567 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £10,000,000. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Michael Mowat Shawchair
• Dr Jonathan Bernard Katz · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Justin Otzen Meiland
• Dr Roger Farmer
• Dr Tony Morris
• PROF DAVID NICHOLAS GELLNER
• PROFESSOR R F GOMBRICH
• Ramesh Kapadia · trustee of 2 other charities
• VENERABLE KHAMMAI DHAMMASAMI

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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