FUTURE DHARMA FUND

Registered charity 1167344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity raises funds from individuals and related organisations within the Triratna Buddhist Community. Grants are awarded to charities, projects and groups within the Triratna Buddhist Community whose activities further the aims and objectives of the Future Dharma Fund

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Latest income

£451k

Latest spending

£360k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net positive income of £92,911, driven by major legacies and reduced staff costs. The trustees report that the charity now possesses adequate reserves and a lowered cost base to comfortably meet its liabilities as they fall due. The previous material uncertainty regarding going concern has been resolved.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £171k)

“Currently the charity’s policy is that uncommitted unrestricted funds should meet or exceed 3 months of the charity’s annual expenditure, excluding grant liabilities.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income

£574k

Total spending

£409k

Cost of raising funds

£63k

Reserves (reported)

£102k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Pennington Ashley
Benjamin Brewer
Caroline Ivimey-Parr · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Paramabandhu Groves · trustee of 1 other charity
Ksantikara Alexander Green · trustee of 2 other charities
Laura Hamilton · trustee of 2 other charities
Mary Healy
Matthew James Webb · trustee of 1 other charity
Shirley Anne Robertson
Simon Harry Oliver Moss

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Hungary · India · Ireland · Italy

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£451k	£360k
31/12/2024	£410k	£405k
31/12/2023	£405k	£473k
31/12/2022	£435k	£515k
31/12/2021	£574k	£409k

Common questions

Is FUTURE DHARMA FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net positive income of £92,911, driven by major legacies and reduced staff costs. The trustees report that the charity now possesses adequate reserves and a lowered cost base to comfortably meet its liabilities as they fall due. The previous material uncertainty regarding going concern has been resolved. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FUTURE DHARMA FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FUTURE DHARMA FUND as a grant recipient include THE WINDHORSE TRUST, THE LONDON BUDDHIST CENTRE.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Dr Paramabandhu Groves — trustee here and at THE LONDON BUDDHIST CENTRE

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WINDHORSE TRUST	FY2025	£34k	Support of individual Buddhist practice - United Kingdom
THE LONDON BUDDHIST CENTRE	FY2023	£9k
THE LONDON BUDDHIST CENTRE	FY2025	£2k
THE LONDON BUDDHIST CENTRE	FY2024	£2k
THE WINDHORSE TRUST	FY2022	£0	Buddhist projects - United Kingdom

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY.

THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY income £309k
RIGPA FELLOWSHIP income £149k
NEW FUTURES NEPAL LIMITED income £122k
TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY income £199k
THE TRIRATNA TRUST income £212k
THE DHARMA TRUST income £794k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FUTURE DHARMA FUND	£451k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY FY2025	£309k	—	0	above	19.2%	no doubt
RIGPA FELLOWSHIP FY2024	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW FUTURES NEPAL LIMITED FY2025	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY FY2025	£199k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TRIRATNA TRUST FY2024	£212k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.