TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (NORWICH)

Registered charity 272024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER (NORFOLK), FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER VAJRADHATU (NORWICH), NORWICH BUDDHIST CENTRE

ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION1) TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO LIVE IN ACCORD WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA2) SUPPORT ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER3) MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION AND WORK WITH OTHER GROUPS WITH THE SAME OBJECTIVE

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION.

Area of benefit: NORWICH

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net income of £3,493 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £363,649. The trustees note that the surplus was achieved despite significant cost inflation in utilities and staffing. The charity maintains a general reserve of £11,100 allocated for Great Yarmouth.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paula Griersonchair
• David Baccus
• Elizabeth Mantle
• Martin Harris
• Michael Sayers

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (NOTTINGHAM).

• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (NOTTINGHAM) income £110k
• SHEFFIELD TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY income £214k
• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL income £111k
• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (SHREWSBURY) income £36k
• TRIRATNA CAMBRIDGE income £281k
• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (IPSWICH) income £78k

Side by side with its peers

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