TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY IN BRISTOL

Registered charity 900165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRISTOL BUDDHIST CENTRE, FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER (BRISTOL), FWBO (BRISTOL)

The aim of the Charity is the advancement of the Buddhist religion; in particular to encourage members and others to live and practice the teachings of the Buddha and help provide a material and spiritual context for this to take place.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION.

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 held unrestricted reserves of £343,662, which is in excess of its stated policy target of three months' normal expenditure. The trustees confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, and the financial statements show a net movement in funds of £8,538 for the year.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vimala Vajrichair
• Anthony Jobbins
• DHARMACHARI SIMHANADA
• David Zukas
• Jvalamalini Bloom
• Mark Christopher Hewitson
• Shraddhalocani Jackson

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BIRMINGHAM BUDDHIST CENTRE income £427k
• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (WEST LONDON) income £215k
• TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY ( BRIXTON ) income £159k
• TRIRATNA SARANA income £1.6m
• THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY TRUST income £257k
• TRIRATNA CHAIRS' ASSEMBLY income £199k

Side by side with its peers

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