DIAMOND WAY TEACHINGS AND CENTRES

Registered charity 1143034 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DWTC · also registered in Scotland as SC054327 (OSCR)

EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLDWIDE BY PROMOTING A GREATER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF TIBETAN LAY BUDDHISM AND THE CULTURE OF TIBET.

Objects

4.1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ÔÇ£OBJECTSÔÇØ) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:4.1.1 EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLDWIDE BY PROMOTING A GREATER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF TIBETAN LAY BUDDHISM AND THE CULTURE OF TIBET BY:4.1.1(A) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL CENTRES; AND4.1.1(B) THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF LAY BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY WITHIN THE TRADITION OF THE KARMA KAGYU LINEAGE OF DIAMOND WAY BUDDHISM UNDER THE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY OF HIS HOLINESS THE 17TH KARMAPA TRINLEY THAYE DORJE AND LAMA OLE NYDAHL AND THEIR SUCCESSORS; AND4.1.2 TO MAINTAIN, SUPPORT, OR CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS SUCH ONE OR MORE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, TRUST AND SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT SEEK TO ADVANCE THE LAY TRADITION OF THE KARMA KAGYU LINEAGE OF DIAMOND WAY BUDDHISM UNDER THE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY OF HIS HOLINESS THE 17TH KARMAPA THAYE DORJE AND LAMA OLE NYDAHL AND THEIR SUCCESSORS.

Area of benefit: 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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £151,804 for the period, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £2,108,217. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds are available to cover running costs and refurbishment plans for at least three months, indicating adequate liquidity to meet short-term commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Complaints 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07700737 · 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.

• POPOV, Borislav Ivanov — director, appointed 24/02/2025on trustee list
• STEINHAUER, Sandra — director, appointed 24/02/2025on trustee list
• BIHUN, Rafal — director, appointed 27/06/2022on trustee list
• SHALAMANOVA-MALINOWSKI, Liliana Dimitrova, Dr — director, appointed 28/07/2021on trustee list
• ROSSBERG, Tobias Eckart — director, appointed 09/11/2017on trustee list
• WARNER, Anthony — secretary, appointed 11/07/2011

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (53% 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: 13.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Borislav Popov
• Dr Liliana Dimitrova Shalamanova-Malinowski
• Rafal Bihun
• Sandra Steinhauer
• Tobias Rossberg

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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