TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (LEEDS)

Registered charity 1132691 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER (LEEDS)

WE RUN LEEDS BUDDHIST CENTRE TO EXPLORE AND SHARE THE DHARMA WITH OTHERS. WE PRACTISE LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WIDER LIVES. THE CHARITY IS RUN BY A COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES (DIRECTORS): ORDER MEMBERS AND MITRAS WITH A FORMAL CONNECTION WITH THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER AND COMMUNITY. THE CENTRE IS RUN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION IN PARTICULAR;1. TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA2. TO SUPPORT ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER AND DULY ORDAINEDBUDDHISTS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTORS OF FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER (LEEDS)3. T O MAINTAIN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH AND WORK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE WESTERNBUDDHIST ORDER AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER GROUPS WITH THE SAME OBJECTS.4. TO USE APPLICATIONS OF THE BUDDHA'S TEACHING TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL.

Area of benefit: LEEDS

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 accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £9,854 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £35,158 against expenditure of £25,304. Per the trustees' report, the organisation is treated as a going concern, and while free reserves excluding fixed assets are in deficit due to a long-term property loan, the trustees are confident the loan can be repaid from income. The charity's reserves policy targets three months of expenditure, and the trustees state they are currently well above this target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £235k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Bickley
• Debra Keighley
• JOHN HALSALL
• Kathryn Elizabeth Readman
• Kathy Jarvis
• Mx Nagakusala Hiromi Dharmacharin
• Teresa Coldicott

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

Operates in: Leeds City

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