TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY

Registered charity 1117287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INDRAJALA TRUST

Provides advice, resources, training, development projects etc. to charities in the UK that are part of the Triratna Buddhist Community.

Objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF BUDDHISM3.2 THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAVE THE OBJECT OF ADVANCING BUDDHISM

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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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Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£199k

Latest spending

£192k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of approximately £6,431 for the year, with total income of £198,862 against expenditure of approximately £192,431. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains in a stable financial position with consistent income levels and a cautious approach to expenditure, contributing to healthy reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Contributions from member Triratna Buddhist Centres and Charities

“The income of the Triratna Chairs Assembly is made up of contributions from member Triratna Buddhist Centres and Charities.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of annual expenditure

“Its policy is that the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be no less than 3 months of the annual expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05950533 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

GREEN, Ksantikara Alexander — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
BRUTON, Jonathan — director, appointed 16/01/2026on trustee list
SPENCE, Lucy Jane — director, appointed 26/06/2025on trustee list
BRODIE, Timothy James — director, appointed 28/06/2024on trustee list
YOUNGS, Kelvin Charles — director, appointed 21/03/2024on trustee list
IVIMEY-PARR, Caroline — secretary, appointed 01/04/2026
DEPOUILLON, Joris — secretary, appointed 16/01/2026

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Bruton · trustee of 2 other charities
KELVIN YOUNGS
Ksantikara Alexander Green · trustee of 2 other charities
Lucy Jane Spence · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy James Brodie · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£199k	£192k
31/12/2024	£216k	£188k
31/12/2023	£175k	£165k
31/12/2022	£142k	£143k
31/12/2021	£133k	£93k

Common questions

Is TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of approximately £6,431 for the year, with total income of £198,862 against expenditure of approximately £192,431. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains in a stable financial position with consistent income levels and a cautious approach to expenditure, contributing to healthy reserves.

Who funds TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY as a grant recipient include THE WINDHORSE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WINDHORSE TRUST	FY2023	£20k	Buddhist projects - United Kingdom
THE WINDHORSE TRUST	FY2022	£20k	Buddhist projects - United Kingdom
THE WINDHORSE TRUST	FY2024	£9k	Buddhist projects - United Kingdom
THE WINDHORSE TRUST	FY2025	£4k	Buddhist projects - United Kingdom

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
THE LONDON BUDDHIST CENTRE	1	£28k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (SHREWSBURY).

TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (SHREWSBURY) income £36k
THE TRIRATNA TRUST income £283k
SHEFFIELD TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY income £214k
TRIRATNA SOUTHAMPTON income £48k
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY(BRIGHTON) income £201k
TRIRATNA SARANA income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY	£199k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (SHREWSBURY) FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TRIRATNA TRUST FY2025	£283k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHEFFIELD TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY FY2025	£214k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRIRATNA SOUTHAMPTON FY2025	£48k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY(BRIGHTON) FY2025	£201k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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