RIGPA FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 279315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIGPA

To advance Buddhist religion

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST RELIGION ACCORDING TO ALL THE SCHOOLS OF BUDDHISM AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF TH FOREGOING THE TRADITIONS OF THE NYINGMAPA SCHOOL OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £50,241 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £648,835 to £598,594. The trustees' report notes that an accounting deficit was anticipated for 2024 and 2025, but the budget for 2026 is projected to be more sustainable. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £405,676, which the trustees deem prudent and sufficient to safeguard the long-term security of the charity.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrong & Co. 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
• 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Amechi Nwume
• GREGORY MILLER BURNE
• Jonathan Hayward

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Hampshire · 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 THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY.

• THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY income £309k
• FRIENDS OF GALANTA income £727k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• THE FELLOWSHIP OF INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES income £1.7m
• INTERNATIONAL NEPAL FELLOWSHIP income £713k
• CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ENGLAND income £473k

Side by side with its peers

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