VIPASSANA TRUST (DHAMMA SUKHAKARI)

Registered charity 1175672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DHAMMA SUKHAKARI TRUST

The objective of Vipassana Trust (Dhamma Sukhakari) is to advance the teachings of the Buddha for the public benefit by organising and running courses of Vipassana meditation as taught by S. N. Goenka, in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.The courses are offered completely free of charge and staffed by un-paid volunteers. People from all walks of life attend course.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:• ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND RUNNING THE VIPASSANA MEDITATION CENTRE CALLED DHAMMA SUKHAKARI.• PROVIDING COURSES IN VIPASSANA MEDITATION AS TAUGHT BY S.N. GOENKA IN THE TRADITION OF SAYAGYI U BA KHIN.• DISSEMINATING, PROMOTING, PROVIDING FOR, OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTING MEDITATION AS TAUGHT BY S.N. GOENKA.

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 surplus of £173,056 for the year, increasing its total reserves to £1,591,396. The trustees report that the charity is financially stable, with incoming resources of £546,136 significantly exceeding charitable costs of £373,080. The organization maintains a strong cash position and has no stated material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £890k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~51.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aditi Gandhichair
• Dr Mina Shreekant Bobdey
• Emil Todorov Kichukov
• Jia Yan Ng
• MILIND SHRIKRISHNA BHAGWAT
• Manoj Kumar Sethumadhavan
• Marc Sethi
• Nikita Christopher Bryant
• Rebecca Holly Ashmore
• UMA MAHESWARI SHUNMUGAM

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VIPASSANA TRUST.

• VIPASSANA TRUST income £1.4m
• SATIPANYA BUDDHIST TRUST income £123k
• SAYAGYI U BA KHIN MEMORIAL TRUST income £791k
• SAKYA DECHEN BUDDHISM LTD income £93k
• THE MEDITATION TRUST income £171k
• THE SAMATHA TRUST income £135k

Side by side with its peers

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