MAHAMEVNAWA INTERNATIONAL MEDITATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1129621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAHAMEVNA BHAVANA ASADUWA MEDITATION CENTRE-UK · also registered in Scotland as SC053392 (OSCR)

The charity's main activity is to promote the understanding and practice of the original Buddhist teachings.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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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Latest income

£482k

Latest spending

£209k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £1,139,190, an increase from the previous year's £866,180. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity is run entirely by volunteers with no employee-related payments made during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Payments of £24,000 were made to a relative of one of the Trustees for property rent.

“During the year under review, payments amounting to £24,000 were paid to a relative of one of the Trustees for a property rented by the Mahamevnawa International Meditation Centre for its Charitable purposes (2023 £24,000). Apart from the above, no other payments were made to Trustees during the year (2023 - £nil).” — page 15

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MAHAMEVNAWA MEDITATION CENTRE (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

KIRANA SAMPATH ARAMBAGE MBBS DFFP · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Amithagaweshi Thero Wanaluwawe
Rev DHAMMADEWA THERO KATUNERIYA
SOMIL DEVENDRA WIJENDRA

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£482k	£209k
31/12/2023	£251k	£278k
31/12/2022	£244k	£222k
31/12/2021	£239k	£210k
31/12/2020	£224k	£171k

Common questions

Is MAHAMEVNAWA INTERNATIONAL MEDITATION CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £1,139,190, an increase from the previous year's £866,180. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity is run entirely by volunteers with no employee-related payments made during the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST RELIEF ORGANISATION (I B R O)	1	£450k

Charities like this

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

VAJRAVARAHI KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £163k
THE MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION IN THE UK income £483k
SAMADHI RETREAT CENTRE income £238k
LONDON MINDFULNESS MEDITATION CENTRE income £166k
BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £427k
Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD income £591k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MAHAMEVNAWA INTERNATIONAL MEDITATION CENTRE	£482k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VAJRAVARAHI KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD FY2025	£163k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION IN THE UK FY2026	£483k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAMADHI RETREAT CENTRE FY2025	£238k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON MINDFULNESS MEDITATION CENTRE FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE FY2025	£427k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt

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