WAT BUDDHARAM LEEDS

Registered charity 1158536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raising funds to acquire Leeds based Buddhist Temple to conduct religious worship and ceremonies.To promote the well-being of the public in the community and promote the understanding of Buddhist faith, Thai cultures, traditions and history.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION IN YORKSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECT OF THE BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION AND THE SUBJECT OF THAI CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND HISTORY3. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND NEED IN THE COMMUNITY."

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 charity holds unrestricted reserves of £107,740, which are in deficit, while total net assets stand at £692,260. The accounts state that the charity has significant long-term liabilities, including a Charity Bank loan and Bounce Back Loan totaling £366,809. The trustees have remortgaged the property to support maintenance projects, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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 £825k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2021)

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: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• WATANA SOMBOONchair
• CHATUPPAT SOOKKAMNERD
• Jirawat Thongfueang
• Kritnawash Ketkit
• MALI PATTINSON
• Watana Somboon
• Yongyut Chaiyachin

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE THAI-BRITISH BUDDHIST (WAT MAHATHAT TEMPLE) TRUST.

• THE THAI-BRITISH BUDDHIST (WAT MAHATHAT TEMPLE) TRUST income £152k
• Tu An Temple UK income £126k
• THE EAST MIDLANDS BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION income £100k
• WAT SRI INTRA ATULA income £122k
• BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £427k
• BUDDHA LAND KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £124k

Side by side with its peers

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