WESTERN CHAN FELLOWSHIP CIO

Charity number: 1166162
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provision of residential Chan retreats and support of local Chan groups

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £70,458
Total expenditure: £61,197

People

6 Trustee(s)

33 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 March 2016: CIO registration
  • 12 June 2018: Funds received from 1068637 THE WESTERN CH'AN FELLOWSHIP
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • WESTERN CHAN FELLOWSHIP (Working name)
  • GREAT WAY CHAN (Previous name)
  • GREAT WAY CHAN BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mary-Jane Upton Trustee 13 July 2023
None on record
Sian Thomas Trustee 13 March 2023
None on record
Till Kroeber Trustee 25 June 2021
None on record
Catherine Mary Burns Trustee 05 June 2021
None on record
Alysun Mary Jones Trustee 13 August 2017
None on record
Simon Richard Child Trustee 22 March 2016
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 £99.06k £65.04k £17.92k £50.83k £70.46k
Total expenditure £87.38k £58.01k £19.05k £58.48k £61.20k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A 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 10 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 10 September 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 27 June 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 27 June 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 28 June 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 28 June 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 29 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 29 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 06 August 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 06 August 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.

CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 22 MAR 2016 AMENDED ON 15 SEP 2016

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE 1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHISM; AND 2. TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF BUDDHISM PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; IN EACH CASE BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE LINJI AND CAODONG TRADITIONS OF CHAN BUDDHISM, AS TRANSMITTED THROUGH MASTER SHENG YEN, AND DISTRIBUTING MATERIALS ABOUT BUDDHISM IN WRITTEN AND OTHER MEDIA TO INFORM OTHERS ABOUT BUDDHISM, AND, AS A SUPPLEMENT TO SUCH ADVANCEMENT, TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHAN PRACTICE, CHAN THEORY AND OTHER MEDITATIVE PRACTICES AND UNDERSTANDING.

Contact information

Address:
Office 7511
PO Box 6945
LONDON
W1A 6US
Phone:
07734489721
Email:
secretary@westernchanfellowship.org
Website:

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