THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY TRUST

Registered charity 294198 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUDDHIST SOCIETY LONDON LIMITED

Religious Activities. The Charity exists to advance the education of the public in the principles of Buddhism and to encourage and promote the study and application of those principles.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £3,249,269, supported by significant legacy income including a donated property valued at £320,000. The trustees consider the present level of funding and reserves adequate to support the charity's activities for the medium term. The charity has no full-time employees and operates with a small governance structure.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~30.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amelia Frances Otway Smithers
• Dr DESMOND ROLLO BIDDULPH · trustee of 3 other charities
• Paul Thomas Halliday
• Robert Campbell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY.

• THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY income £309k
• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL income £103k
• THE ENGLISH SANGHA TRUST LIMITED income £2.2m
• INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST PROGRESS SOCIETY (UK) income £660k
• BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £427k
• SATIPANYA BUDDHIST TRUST income £123k

Side by side with its peers

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