Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 6

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (COLCHESTER)

Advancement of the Buddhist religion by teaching meditation and Buddhism at public classes, training members of the charity and others towards ordination as a Buddhist, providing facilities for worship.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received Government grants
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/06/23		£52	£47	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
30/06/22	*	£55	£50	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/06/21		£44	£31	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/06/20		£62	£42	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/06/19		£57	£33	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/06/18		£62	£31	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17		£44	£31	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16		£54	£47	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15		£46	£31	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14		£34	£28	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/13		£43	£18	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12		£33	£21	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11		£36	£27	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10		£32	£22	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09		£33	£24	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08		£31	£21	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07		£27	£20	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/06		£28	£22	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05	*	£26	£21	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04		£24	£22	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.colchesterbuddhistcentre.com

CONTACT@COLCHESTERBUDDHISTCENTRE.COM

01206546600

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Other congregations

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR MIKE MILLS Appointed: 2019

KENDAL DAVID LAVERY Appointed: 2022

RAYMOND FORCE Appointed: 2013

RAYMOND FORCE (Chair) Appointed: 2012

THOMAS ROBERT SANGSTER Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/05/1995, number: 1046724

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 36 days late, AR05: 42 days late,

Main office

COLCHESTER BUDDHIST CENTRE
2 PORTLAND ROAD
COLCHESTER
CO2 7EH

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION; IN PARTICULAR (A) TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING OF THE BUDDHA. (B) TO SUPPORT ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER AND OTHER DULY ORDAINED BUDDHISTS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (COLCHESTER). (C) TO MAINTAIN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH AND WORK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER GROUPS WITH THE SAME OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE COLCHESTER DISTRICT

Data Sources