MANDALA YOGA ASHRAM

Registered charity 1195209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To teach residential and online courses/ retreats on the profound teachings of yoga, meditation, advaita and tantra. Also to serve as a residential centre in which yoga practitioners can stay and go deeper in their self-understanding.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE PRACTICE AND PRINCIPLES OF YOGA, AND TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF TEACHING OF YOGA. (B) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF YOGA AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF 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 FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £1,020 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in unrestricted funds from £765,972 to £764,952. The trustees confirmed that reserves are held at a sufficient level to support the continuance of activities for six months or more. The organization remains solvent with net assets of £764,952 and no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABHAYA RUPA
• Daniel Giday
• Olga Siekierska
• Peter William Shilton
• Russell Smithers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shailendra Allen
• Shraddha Janet Greenslade

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

Operates in: France · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Spain · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales

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