KAGYU DECHEN BUDDHISM

Registered charity 1145791 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide national and regional facilities and support for the teaching study and practice of Karma Kagyu Buddhism under the spiritual guidance of Lama Jampa Thaye.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST FAITH AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE TEACHINGS OF THE KARMA KAGYU SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM, AS EMBODIED BY HIS HOLINESS KARMAPA THINLEY THAYE DORJE, THE FOURTH KARMA THINLEY RINPOCHE AND LAMA JAMPA THAYE.SUCH ADVANCEMENT SHALL BE UNDER THE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY AND GUIDANCE OF (I) LAMA JAMPA THAYE AS MASTER OF THE SAKYA AND KARMA KAGYU SCHOOLS OF BUDDHISM (THE “HEAD”), (II) THE FUTURE INCARNATIONS (EACH A "FUTURE INCARNATION”) OF THE HEAD AS IDENTIFIED IN WRITING BY THE PRESENT OR FUTURE HEAD OF THE DROLMA PHODRANG OF THE SAKYA SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM (THE “SAKYA HEAD”), AND (III) ANY TEMPORARY SUCCESSORS APPOINTED IN WRITING FROM TIME TO TIME BY (X) THE HEAD, (Y) A FUTURE INCARNATION OR, IN THE EVENT THE HEAD OR A FUTURE INCARNATION IS UNABLE TO MAKE SUCH APPOINTMENT, (Z) THE SAKYA HEAD.

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 generated a net surplus of £323,366 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds increasing to £1,619,053. The trustees report that the charity has met all financial commitments and maintains unrestricted free reserves of £959,191, which exceeds the stated policy target of three to six months of forward expenditure. The organization is staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers and operates without any defined-benefit pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kagyu Dechen Buddhism (matched by registered charity number).

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 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~53.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/08/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW GUTMANN · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANGELA BRADY
• DEREK KNOTT
• HOWARD QUINN
• JONATHAN MACASKILL
• Michael Stott
• PATRICIA QUINN
• PAUL HADDON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Brady

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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