THE BUDDHAPADIPA TEMPLE TRUST

Registered charity 1142864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

a)Sunday school for Thai and English childrenb) Sunday class conducted in the library to teach the Teachings of the Buddha to both beginners and more advanced students.c)regular talks given in the Templed)Advance Buddhist faithe)provides library facilities with a good collection of books on Buddhismf) regular meditation classesg)residential meditation retreats

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PRESERVING SACRED BUDDHIST AND THAI ARTS AND HERITAGES FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS AND TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE OF THESE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THEMB) PROVIDING THAI AND/OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LESSONS FEATURING BUDDHIST TEACHINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY2. TO ADVANCE BUDDHISM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING A PLACE OF WORSHIP, FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONS AND FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES AND MEDITATION CLASSES/RETREATSB) PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY AND A PLACE FOR ANYONE, WHO IS QUALIFIED UNDER THE RULES OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM, TO BE ORDAINEDC) ACCOMMODATING, SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING BUDDHIST MONKS NUNS AND OTHER SUCH PERSONS AS MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE SANGHA (ORDERS OF BUDDHIST MONKS) WHO HAVE UNDERTAKEN THE RULES OF PRACTICES FOR THEM TO CARRY OUT BUDDHIST DEVOTIONAL ACTS AS WELL AS OUTREACH WORKD) PROVIDING A CENTRE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THEORECTICAL AND PRACTICAL BUDDHIST TEACHINGS, AT THE LOCATION ITSELF, THROUGH OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND THROUGH THE TRUSTÔÇÖS THAI AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE WEBSITES E) ARRANGING AND PROVIDING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES, PUBLIC TALKS, EXHIBITIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT RAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF BUDDHISM, ANDF) PUBLISHING AND CIRCULATING BOOKS, REPORTS, PERIODICALS, PAMPHLETS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO BUDDHIST TOPICS IN THAI AND/OR ENGLISH3. TO PROMOTE INTERFAITH HARMONY AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT FAITH BELIEFS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROMOTING A GREATER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THAI AND BRITISH CULTURES WHILST AIDING COMMUNITY COHESION AND SUPPORTING ETHNIC MINORITIES.B) ORGANISING AND SUPPORTING BUDDHIST AND THAI CULTURAL FESTIVALS THROUGH FREE CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, CEREMONIES, EXHIBITIONS AND OCCASIONAL PROVISION OF FREE AUTHENTIC THAI FOOD

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: Merton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £512,239 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £1,951,460 to £1,439,221. The trustees' report notes that the reserve policy is to hold twelve months' worth of operating costs, and the current net asset position of £1,439,221 is compared against this target. The charity is entirely dependent on public donations and collections, which fluctuated significantly between the current and prior year.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 06/09/2025, 310 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 22/05/2024, 204 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 17/07/2023, 259 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~21.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Phramaha Laow Panyasirichair
• BHATSAKORN KOTA · trustee of 2 other charities
• PHRASUTAS PHUANGPHUA
• Robert Ellis
• SERMSAK NARINWONG
• Sohpita Tuck · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Merton

Income and spending

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