Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre LTD

Registered charity 517949 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TARA BUDDHIST CENTRE, TARA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD, TARA MAHAYANA BUDDHIST CENTRE, TARA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD

OUR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TEACHING MEDITATION AND PROVIDING A SPIRITUAL EDUCATION TO BUDDHISTS AND NON-BUDDHISTS AND TO CREATE A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF STUDY, PRACTICE,TEACHING AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE BASED ON THE CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY PROGRAMMES DEFINED IN THE ARTICLES. THESE ACTIVITIES SHALL ALL BE WITHIN THE PURE TRADITION OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM OF ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA AS TAUGHT BY VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £127,944 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £962,324. The trustees' report notes that funding sources are principally received through offering courses, accommodation, donations, and operating the shop and café. The charity maintains a reserves policy to retain liquid funds equivalent to up to six months of overhead expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~23.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% 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: 12.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Louise Coward
• HEATHER CAROLYN WRIGHT
• Lorraine Adina HALLIDAY
• MONIKA ELIZABETH WORTH

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• BUDDHA LAND KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £124k
• SAMADHI RETREAT CENTRE income £238k
• TARALOKA income £324k
• VAJRAVARAHI KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £163k
• NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION income £6.0m
• THE DHARMA TRUST income £794k

Side by side with its peers

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