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.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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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.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/08/2007£7kLiving well with depression

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WINDHORSE TRUST3£309k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY SURREY£494k—0unclear—no doubt
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL FY2024£111k—0above—no doubt
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (WEST LONDON) FY2023£215k——below0.0%noted
BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE FY2025£427kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY FY2025£214k—0unclear—no doubt
TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY ( BRIXTON ) FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt

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