Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 1

TURNING WHEEL BUDDHIST TEMPLE

Turning Wheel Buddhist Temple is a Soto Zen temple in Leicester, East Midlands. Our tradition is based on the practice of serene reflection meditation (zazen).The temple offers a regular schedule of meditation, day retreats, festivals and other events, as well as individual guidance, for anyone who would like to learn about meditation or deepen and broaden their practice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

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

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Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	£38	£23	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£34	£21	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£32	£16	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£27	£18	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£25	£17	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£54	£13	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17	£9	£0	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.turningwheel.org.uk

temple@turningwheel.org.uk

0116 210 3870

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Other religious associations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Derby City, Derbyshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

REV BERWYN WATSON Appointed: 2016

REV. AIDEN HALL (Chair) Appointed: 2016

DOUG GOLDING Appointed: 2017

KEVIN COMMONS Appointed: 2016

RUTH JOBSON Appointed: 2020

TIM C. PEARCE Appointed: 2016

REV ALICIA ROWE Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: NORWICH ZEN BUDDHIST PRIORY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2016, number: 1167910

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

7 Chadderton Close
LEICESTER
LE2 6GZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE BUDDHIST FAITH, IN PARTICULAR THE SERENE REFLECTION MEDITATION SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM (ALSO KNOWN AS SOTO ZEN BUDDHISM).TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF MEDITATION AND THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHISM, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION.

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