Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3

KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE KENT 

We provide educational and religious sevices
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 25 years

www.meditateinkent.com

info@meditateinkent.com

01227 760955

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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?£82£77£6n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/06/21£46£32£13n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/06/20£41£30£11n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/19*£33£26£7n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/06/18£29£26£3£0£0£0n/a05
30/06/17£29£20£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£28£25£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15*£27£37£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14?£31£38£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£38£32£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£43£30£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£37£38£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09*£40£34£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£43£36£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07*£44£33£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£40£34£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£43£32£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£37£28£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-60
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/10/1998, number: 1071837
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/06/1998, number: 03577032
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR19: 84 days late, AR15: 39 days late, AR09: 145 days late, AR07: 19 days late,
Main office

26 CHERRY GARDEN ROAD
CANTERBURY
CT2 8EP

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 CONTINUOS 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:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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