SATIPANYA BUDDHIST TRUST

Registered charity 1116668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objects of the charity are to advance Buddhism by: teaching the practice of Insight Meditation (Vipassana Bhavana) as taught by the Mahasi Tradition of Burma and the Buddhadhamma (the teaching of the Buddha); providing teacher training in Insight Meditation with the Mahasi Tradition; and furthering the Buddhadhamma and Insight meditation.

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Latest income

£123k

Latest spending

£66k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £82,631 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £136,571 against total expenditure of £53,941. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,228,799, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £30,000. The charity qualified for audit exemption as a small company.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of ongoing expenditure plus legal/professional fees for property sale, with a target of £30,000 (held: £1.2m)

“contingency reserves (i.e. excluding those funds designated or committed to fixed assets) stood at £30,000” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £850k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

James Edward Tibbychair
Gwen Sanderson
Michael Thomas Vincent Regan
Noirin Sheahan
Richard Philip Benjamin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£123k	£66k
31/12/2024	£137k	£54k
31/12/2023	£130k	£58k
31/12/2022	£109k	£43k
31/12/2021	£130k	£49k

Common questions

Is SATIPANYA BUDDHIST TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £82,631 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £136,571 against total expenditure of £53,941. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,228,799, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £30,000. The charity qualified for audit exemption as a small company.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SAVANNAH WISDOM	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ENGLISH SANGHA TRUST LIMITED.

THE ENGLISH SANGHA TRUST LIMITED income £2.2m
SAYAGYI U BA KHIN MEMORIAL TRUST income £791k
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY TRUST income £257k
THERAVADA MONASTIC TRUST income £1.1m
VIPASSANA TRUST income £1.4m
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL income £103k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SATIPANYA BUDDHIST TRUST	£123k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ENGLISH SANGHA TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.2m	—	above	0.0%	no doubt
SAYAGYI U BA KHIN MEMORIAL TRUST FY2024	£791k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY TRUST FY2023	£257k	—	above	—	no doubt
THERAVADA MONASTIC TRUST FY2024	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
VIPASSANA TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.