THE ZEN TRUST

Registered charity 1172021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO ADVANCE THE ZEN BUDDHIST RELIGION AND TO PROMOTE INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING THEREOF FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ZEN BUDDHIST RELIGION AND TO PROMOTE INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING THEREOF FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates on a volunteer basis with no employees, resulting in a net deficit of £19,387 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £1,036,461, which is above the stated policy target of £200,000, and the trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID EIFION THOMAS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr DESMOND ROLLO BIDDULPH · trustee of 3 other charities
• JUDITH ELLEN CLARK · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROHIT KUMAR KANTILAL SHAH

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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