TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY SURREY

Registered charity 270460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROYDON BUDDHIST CENTRE, F W B O - SURREY, RIVENDELL BUDDHIST RETREAT CENTRE, THE BUDDHIST CENTRE (CROYDON), THE FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER (SURREY), TRIRATNA BUDDIST COMMUNITY SURREY

Provides teaching and facilities for the understanding and practice of Buddhism. We run a public Buddhist Centre on the High Street of Croydon and a residential retreat Centre, known as Rivendell, in East Sussex.

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Latest income

£494k

Latest spending

£509k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £15,131 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,513,977 to £3,498,846. Unrestricted income funds stood at £1,203,005, while restricted funds held a buildings revaluation reserve of £2,310,972. The trustees confirmed that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Stauntonchair
Dominic Reynolds
Jane Annabel Garratt
Kay Bovis
Paul Greenhalgh

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£494k	£509k
31/12/2023	£491k	£504k
31/12/2022	£485k	£450k
31/12/2021	£294k	£333k
31/12/2020	£239k	£256k

Common questions

Is TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY SURREY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £15,131 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,513,977 to £3,498,846. Unrestricted income funds stood at £1,203,005, while restricted funds held a buildings revaluation reserve of £2,310,972. The trustees confirmed that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE WINDHORSE TRUST	3	£204k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL.

TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL income £103k
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (WEST LONDON) income £165k
BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £427k
SHEFFIELD TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY income £214k
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY ( BRIXTON ) income £113k
TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY income £199k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY SURREY	£494k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL FY2024	£103k	—	above	—	no doubt
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (WEST LONDON) FY2022	£165k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE FY2025	£427k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
SHEFFIELD TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY FY2025	£214k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY ( BRIXTON ) FY2024	£113k	—	unclear	—	noted

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