THE EAST MIDLANDS BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 519860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE EAST MIDLANDS BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION (LEICESTER VIHARA)

PLACE OF WORSHIP. (BUDDHIST TEMPLE)

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST RELIGION IN THE EAST MIDLANDS AREA.

Area of benefit: THE EAST MIDLANDS AREA

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

Latest income

£100k

Latest spending

£26k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased significantly to £437,231, driven largely by a professional revaluation of freehold property adding £214,757 to the balance sheet. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £118,442 and restricted reserves of £104,032, with cash at bank totaling £93,988. The trustees confirm that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and no material matters were identified during the independent examination.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

Anura Mohan Lasantha Rodrigo
Dr CHARITH SURASENA NANAYAKKARA
Dr Samarappullige Sunil Lakshman Perera

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£100k	£26k
31/12/2024	£39k	£18k
31/12/2023	£15k	£8k
31/12/2022	£17k	£12k
31/12/2021	£12k	£10k

Common questions

Is THE EAST MIDLANDS BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased significantly to £437,231, driven largely by a professional revaluation of freehold property adding £214,757 to the balance sheet. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £118,442 and restricted reserves of £104,032, with cash at bank totaling £93,988. The trustees confirm that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and no material matters were identified during the independent examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST RELIEF ORGANISATION (I B R O)	1	£450k

Charities like this

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

MIDLANDS BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
WAT BUDDHARAM LEEDS income £148k
THE MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION IN THE UK income £483k
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY income £309k
BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £427k
BUDDHA LAND KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD income £124k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EAST MIDLANDS BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MIDLANDS BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
WAT BUDDHARAM LEEDS FY2025	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION IN THE UK FY2026	£483k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY FY2025	£309k	—	above	19.2%	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE FY2025	£427k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt

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