# KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE BIRMINGHAM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1025003
- **Other names:** SAMANTABHADRA CENTRE, PEACEFULMIND, SAMANTABHADRA BUDDHIST CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 18, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1025003


## Contact

- **Address:** 44 Blucher Street, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B1 1QJ
- **Phone:** 01218244198
- **Email:** unwind@meditateinbirmingham.org
- **Website:** www.meditateinbirmingham.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE 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 OT 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.

**Activities:** TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITIONS - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY AND PRACTICE. TO TEACH MEDITATION CLASSES TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. TO WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HELP OTHERS TO DEVELOP INNER PEACE.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE MIDLAND COUNTIES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City
- Solihull
- Wolverhampton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £133133 | £120223 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £108312 | £118410 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £54673 | £142372 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £104822 | £98926 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £106728 | £106046 | — | — |



## Trustees

- AMANDA RUTH DAY — appointed Oct. 27, 2023
- Nicholas Stephen Hero — appointed July 22, 2023
- Perwinder Kaur — appointed July 22, 2023