DHAMMA CENTRE (COLCHESTER)

Charity number: 1190052
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Dhamma Centre is a Buddha dhamma-inspired community hub offering weekly meditation and mindfulness classes, retreats, and pastoral care, led by Buddhist monastic teachers. Our Maldon Road Centre provides a calm space for silent practice and community gatherings, supporting people of all backgrounds in cultivating mental clarity, resilience, and well-being.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 January 2024

Total income: £52,548
Total expenditure: £39,200

Total income includes £4,717 from 1 government grant(s)

People

4 Trustee(s)

1 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

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

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 June 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • DHAMMA CENTER (Working name)
  • DHAMMA CENTRE (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rev Hokandara Pannavamsa Thero Trustee 30 April 2024
None on record
Mahal Katherine Ratnasiri Trustee 22 June 2020
None on record
Babli Rani Sharma Trustee 22 June 2020
None on record
Kaji Sherpa OBE Trustee 22 June 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/01/2021 31/01/2022 31/01/2023 31/01/2024
Total gross income £21.84k £35.88k £26.46k £52.55k
Total expenditure £20.54k £29.98k £27.47k £39.20k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A £9.00k £4.72k

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 January 2024 22 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2024 22 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2023 05 December 2023 5 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2023 05 December 2023 5 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2022 15 December 2022 15 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2022 15 December 2022 15 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 January 2021 19 January 2022 50 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 January 2021 16 February 2022 78 days late 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.
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CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 22 Jun 2020

Charitable objects

(A) TO FACILITATE THE TEACHING OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDY OF BUDDHISM AND MINDFULNESS FOR THOSE INTERESTED. (B) TO ESTABLISH CENTRE(S) FOR THE PRACTISE OF BUDDHISM AND MEDITATION (C) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR BUDDHIST MONKS TO CONDUCT RETREATS AND CLASSES FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LEARN BUDDHISM AND MEDITATION

Contact information

Address:
No 175-181
Maldon Road
COLCHESTER
CO3 3BL
Phone:
07848036433
Email:
bhante@dhammacentre.com
Website:

dhammacentre.com