BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST VIHARA TRUST

Registered charity 513368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B B V T, BBVT, DHAMMA TALAKA PAGODA

The trust maintains a monastry with five resident monks (mostly of Burmese origin) who perform religious ceremonies as required. Major Buddhist festivals are celebrated at the Peace Pagoda. Meditation is taught to anyone interested and regular sessions are held for practitioners of varying experience. The Pagoda is open to visitors and groups are welcome.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHISM ACCORDING TO THE TRADITIONS OF ALL SCHOOLS OF BUDDHISM PARTICULARLY THE THERAVADA SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BUT PARTICULARLY BIRMINGHAM

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust's financial assets are in a reasonable position, with unrestricted cash funds of £513,799.00 and a contingency fund of £8,296.11 at the year-end. The Trustees note that the greatest risk is reliance entirely on donations from devotees for charitable work, but no material uncertainty regarding going concern is disclosed.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr MAR MAR LWIN
• Dr Maung Maung Kyi · trustee of 1 other charity
• SURAJ PRAKASH LAL
• Theingi Thant

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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