MADHYAMAKA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 509746 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MADHYAMAKA CENTRE

The Charity provides Buddha's teachings to the public, to teach people how to find peace of mind.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTICE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE BUDDHIST TRADITION OF JE TSONGKHAPA THROUGH THE THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A, WHICH SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE SOCIETY AND MAINTAINED CONTINUOUSLY.(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE SCHEDULE)

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.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £813,696, resulting in total net assets of £825,647. The charity reports a net current asset position of £1,044,201 against long-term creditors of £759,147, indicating a solvent balance sheet. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £308k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GEORGINA PUGH
• Richard Brown
• Tracey Oliver-Walsh · trustee of 7 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LONDON.

• KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LONDON income £158k
• KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE BIRMINGHAM income £130k
• ODIYANA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £68k
• KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE NOTTINGHAM LIMITED income £118k
• AKANISHTA KADAMPA BUDDHIST CENTRE income £47k
• Kadampa Meditation Centre Kent income £51k

Side by side with its peers

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