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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

AKANISHTA KADAMPA BUDDHIST CENTRE 

Akanishta Kadampa Buddhist Centre aims to help people increase their peace of mind and solve their problems through Buddhist meditation. The charity runs day courses/study programmes and meditation classes, school visits and hospital chaplaincy offering spiritual guidance and advice. The charity affirms its commitment to maintaining safeguarding policies and is open to everyone.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22*£22£41£-19n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/21*£48£45£3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/20£46£42£4n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/19£53£44£9n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18£58£40£18£0£0£0n/a01
31/12/17£46£39£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£49£42£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£50£45£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£50£43£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£58£46£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£56£47£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£36£40£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10?£55£43£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09*£58£8£50£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.meditationincheltenham.org.uk

admin@meditationincheltenham.org.uk

01242 269807

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-46
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/07/2008, number: 1125213
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/2008, number: 06619807
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR22: 149 days late, AR21: 72 days late, AR09: 489 days late,
Main office

Akanishta Kadampa Buddhist Centre
59 Whaddon Road
Cheltenham
GL52 5NE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTICE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE MAHAYANA BUDDHIST TRADITION OF ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA AS TAUGHT BY VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO, THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION, THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY PROGRAMMES: THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL AS DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS MEMORANDUM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Data Sources

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