KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE MANCHESTER

Charity number: 1038999
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Providing classes on Meditation and Buddhism within the Greater Manchester area

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £85,741
Total expenditure: £79,347

People

3 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Manchester City
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Salford City
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Wigan

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 June 1994: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • VAIROCHANA BUDDHIST CENTRE (Previous name)
  • VAIROCHANA CENTRE (Previous name)
  • VAIROCHANA KADAMPA BUDDHIST CENTRE (Previous name)
  • VAIROCHANA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Lisa Devine Trustee 28 February 2024
KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE SHEFFIELD
Received: On time
Kadampa Meditation Centre Leeds
Received: On time
BODHISATTVA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE
Received: On time
VAJRAPANI KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE
Received: On time
KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE WALES
Received: On time
BUDDHA LAND KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LTD
Received: On time
UMA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE
Received: On time
Jeff Simm Trustee 04 July 2014
None on record
JANET WILSON HIGGINS Trustee 23 May 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £125.27k £132.52k £90.96k £89.92k £85.74k
Total expenditure £134.08k £114.36k £79.82k £80.10k £79.35k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £31.60k £12.50k N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 28 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 28 September 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 13 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 13 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 27 September 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 27 September 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 01 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 01 September 2021 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 26 September 2020 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 26 September 2020 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/10/1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/04/1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/04/2006 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/10/2011 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/05/2013 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07/11/2013 as amended on 11 Nov 2020

Charitable objects

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 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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

IN PRACTICE GREATER MANCHESTER

Contact information

Address:
VAIROCHANA BUDDHIST CENTRE
76 HIGH LANE
MANCHESTER
M21 9XF
Phone:
01618617012
Email:
info@kmcmanchester.org
Website:

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