Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham)
(Registered charity, number 1044031)
Financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2025
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Contents
Trustees, annual report
Independent examiner's report
Receipts & payments account
statement of assets & liabilities
Notes to the accounts
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Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham)
Trustees, annual report
for the year ended 31 December 2025
Full name Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottinghaml
other names by which the charity is known Nottingham Buddhist Centre
Registered charlty number 1044031
Principal address 9 St Mary's Place, Lace Market, Nottingham. NG1 1PH
Trustees
Lucy Jane Spence (Kusaladevi), Chair
Rachel Woodbum (Pasannacitta), Treasurer
Gareth Austin (Dayajava), Secretary
Joanne Coates {Kshantika)
Comelia Anna Maria Remijn {Khemasiri)
Monika Podgorska (Upekshanandi)
Peter Robert Cox (Jnanaruchi)
Paul Johnson (Danabha), until 12.10.25
Independent examlner
Eva Stevens, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41
Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG15GL
Governance and management
The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 23 October 1994 and
most recently amended 27 March 2011.
All new trustees are invited through discussion between existing trustees (the Council).
to ensure that they are in hamiony with the aims of the charity. In practice this means
that trustees are selected from the pool of ordained Buddhists and those who have
requested Ordination in Triratna in Nottingham. Trustees ar& nominated by the
charity's members and appointed at the AGM as per the constitution. The constitution
allows a minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 trustees. Eleven regular trustee (Council)
meetings were held in 2025.
Objectives and activities
The object of the Triratna Buddhist Community is the advancement of the Buddhist
religion. in particular:
To encourage the members and oth8rs to live in accordance with the teachings
of the Buddha.,
To support ordainod membèrs of thè Triratna Buddhist Ord@r and other duly
ordained Buddhists, at the discretion of the council of the Nottingham Buddhist
Centre.
To maintain close communication with, and work under the guidance of the
Triratna Buddhist Order and in co-operation with other groups with the same
objècts.

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We are an intemational Buddhist movement bringing the Buddha's teaching to the
general public.
In 2021 The council￿ rustees revisited the centre's vision and agreed key themes..
1. Facing Ou￿ard/reSpondIng to the world with the Buddha's teaching.,
2. Deepening practice of the Buddha's teaching within our community;
3. Making the Buddha's teachings ac￿Ssible (by encouraging a divers8 and
inclusive sanghalcommunity).
We have sustained a diverse range of events and activities that make available the
teachings and practlces of the Buddha to the local community. We run events for the
general public and when possible, to educational establishments across the region. We
run activities at the centre and in various locations outside. This year most of our
activities have been in-person events, although we have maintained both online and
hybrid events (both online and in person) to make our activities more accessible for
those who find it difficult to attend in person.
Publlc beneflt statement
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the
Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidan
on public benefit. 'Charities and Public Benefit..
Summary of the maln actlviti•s undertaken for the publlc beneflt
Meditation classes and Buddhist teachings can provide valuable support to people and
assist them to deal with the uncertainties of their lives and meditation can improve
mental health and decrease stress. This can enable people to more fully participate in
all areas of their lives.
Summary of the main achievements durlng the perlod
In 2025, we ran regular sangha nights for the whole community to gather. We
maintained a hybrid {in person and online) element for our sangha {comrnunity) nights,
to ensure that as many people as possible can attend and to ensure we are more
accessible to those who find it difficult to attend physically. This continued at one
session each month.
There continued to be a high demand for introductory courses in 2025. This meant
that we could fulfil one of our main charitable objectives, reaGhing and introducing
people to the Buddha's teachings, whilst also helping reduce the isolation present in
socialy. We ran a number of other events to fulfil our charitable objectives.
EVENTS
The Buddhist centre runs regular classes and events for sangha members and also
introductory classes for newcomers. We have 3 weekly drop in meditation classes,
open to anyone who wishes to learn meditation. These have been popular and full
throughout the year. Our main regular events this year were sangha night for the
whole community (weekly), drop in meditation classes (3x weekly), study sessions for

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Mitras and those doing the foundation course, puja nights (monthly), meditation
mornings (occasional), introduction to Buddhism and meditation courses, follow on
courses, men's and women's gatherings, sub 35 activities and the monthly People of
Colour IEMPOC) group. We also had a residential retreat for the sangha, some guest
run weekends at the Buddhist Centre and some Order member and Mitra gatherings.
We had a working retreat for women at Taraloka retreat centre in May and a working
retreat for the whole sangha at A￿0xtOn retreat centre in August. The￿ was also a
December weekend retreat for women at Taraloka.
We celebrated the main Buddhist festivals this year and added some additional special
events such as study seminars. We also had some guest Order members visit from
Triratna centres to offer events for our sangha.
We started a new regular event for Mitras and Order members in October 2025- A
Canto reading session, reading the Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava. This has
been well met by our sangha.
2025 was a special year for the whole Triratna Buddhist Community, marking the 100th
(centenary) year since the birth of our founder of the movement. For this reason, we
had some particularly special events through the year.
Four of us from Nottingham sangha attended the summer sanghas retreat at
Adhisthana marking the centenary year. We also included video foolage of the history
and lineage of the Triratna movement during the sangha day festival in November and
our New Year's Eve event.
The year began with a Nottingham Buddhist Centre sangha pilgrimage to India and
Nepal to visit pilgrimage sites related to the Buddha. other historical Buddhist figures
and the founder. Sangharakshita and his teachers. This was a very special and joyful
Occasion and the reverberations from this were felt through the whole year in the
sangha.
For the first time this year, we were invited to have a stall at Sneinton festival (a local
festival open to the public) in the summer, where we offered free meditation sessions.
These were well attended and enjoyed.
Yoga- Bodhiyoga is a regular part of the Buddhist centre offerings, on a donation
basis. These classe5 are a wonderful way for the new people to meet the Buddhist
centre, as well as supporting those who are regular in the sangha. This year there
were a numbor of successful Yoga day retreats. which had benefits to our regular
sangha, as wèll as introducing new people to the centr8.
DONATIONS
Our regular monthly donations were £4,000 lower than expected total for the year.
This was because our phone campaign led to slightly less of an increase than we had
hoped for. Our total donations for the year were £7,000 less than expected. The other

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£3.000 of that is made up of small shortfalls from what we budgeted for classes, drop
in meditations and meditation momings. We are very grateful for the generous
donations we receive. The financial review below outlines more fully our financial
outcom8 for the year.
MAINTENANCE
Regular maintenance occurred in the building this year as required.
We undertook a big project as a sangha this y@ar- redecorating our shrine room. This
was undertaken by around 25 of us (employees and volunteers). The result is
beautifully decorated shrine room for all to enjoy. The decoration project was great to
unite volunteers.
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Work continues to help us transition to being a CIO.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
We celebrated Light Night with the city of Nottingham- a wonderful event to open our
doors to the public and share drinks and vegan cakes on a donation basis. This event
was a successful fundraiser for us, as well as allowing people to enjoy our building and
understand what we offer to the public. A number of people start8d attending our
events following this.
We had a Presidential visit from Ratnaghosha, who met with the Buddhist Centre
Councll, Mltras and Order members, as well as other sangha members. H8 led a
special event for Mitras training for Ordination.
We continued with interfaith work this year. One of our trustees Rachel Woodburn
(Pasannacitta) also continued her role as chaplain at the University of Nottingham.
There have been some changes in the men's residential community above the centre.
A new communlty member moved in during April and one moved out in September.
Our safeguarding policies can be found on our website:
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hambuddhistcentre.or
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olicies
Our safeguarding officer has co-ordinated the work to address any safeguarding issues
throughout the y&ar. The details of what has been done by whom and why, have been
securely logged by her. Our Safeguarding officer, Monika Podgorska Iupekshanandi),
works closely with the Safèguarding trustee. Gareth Austin (Dayajava) and the Chair
Lucy Spence {Kusaladevi).
Many volunteers Joined or continued with us in 2025. for which we 8re so grateful. As
well as supporting the centre's activities, volunteering is an opportunity for members of
our sangha to creatively engage together on projects, as part of their Dharma practice.
One of our trustees, Rachel Woodbum (Pasannacitta) has stepped in very fully as a

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volunteer to support us especially since the summer of 2025, for which we are very
grateful.
This year, two people joined the Order, which was veryjoyful. Also, 5 people made the
commitment of becoming Mitras and 4 people asked for Ordination. There are
currently 19 active Order members. There are currently 74 Mitras and 31 of them have
requested Ordination. The Buddhist centre and sangha are thriving, with many people
making commitments in their Buddhist practice and supporting each other, as well as
newcomers, in their Buddhist practice.
We ran a very successful phone campalgn In May to raise more regular donations
(standing order and donorbox) for the charity. This was also an excellent opportunity
for people to volunteer. We raised around £8,000 over the year in new or increased
monthly donations. The phone campaign was also a wonderful opportunity to talk to
sangha members about what they value about the centre and get their feedback.
There wss a lot of rejoicing and positive feedback about the Buddhist centre.
We had a visit from a Triratna wide consultant in March to support us to find creatlve
ways to attract and retain more men in our sangha - as part of a Triratna wide pattern,
we had noticed fewer men committing and continuing far past our introductory courses.
The result was a creative plan to engage men, including a new course structure we
would start in 2026, which would encourage and support all people. but especially be
accessible to men who may book last minute. or not be willing to wait months for the
next course.
EMPLOYEE CHANGES
There have been a couple of changes in employees this year.
Our part time salaried bookkeeper left in January. This role was taken on by our part
time cent￿ Administrator.
Our Men's Mitra Convenor left in July 2025. His role has not yet been replaced.
At the end of 2025, there were 2 supported Order members (Chair and Women's Mitra
Convenor) and a Part time Centre and Finance Administrator.
CHALLENGES
At the 8nd of July 2025, the charity was the subject of local media coverage relating to
the past sexual activity of Ihe (now deceased) founder of Triratna, Sangharakshita.
Whilst this is not a local issue, some were unhappy that the Nottingham Buddhist
Centre planned to celebrate the centenary of the founder of Triratna. Kusaladevi, the
charity Chair, spoke to the reporter and communicated the ￿ntre,$ procedures and
challen9es in this area. This includes the centre having robust safeguarding policies
and procedures to ensure prevention of harm.
The matter was considered amongst the trustees and the charity infomied regular
attendees that the article would be published. The article was reasonably balanced
and had a limited Impact on the centre and beneficiaries.

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Through this process, three people who were Mitra's stepped away from the Buddhist
Centre and cancelled their regular donations and some other regular attendees
requested more communication with members of the council, which we were happy to
give.
The charity continues to monitor reputstional risk.
Flnancial revlew
We've ended 2025 with a £4,315 surplus due mainly to our men's Mitra Convenor
stepping down in September. It was agreed that we would pay a bonus of £4,000 to
our Chair and Women's Mitra Convenor, the £4,315 surplus is after paying those
bonuses. Our recurring donations increased in 2025 from about £2,5001month to
about £3,5001month due to our phone campaign in May.
In 2025 we did not run a 'Giving Month, appeal due to our phone campaign, but we still
received about £2,000 from our annual Light Night installation - where we joined with a
Nottingham city festival and welcomed many visitors to our centre.
Flnancial rlsks
As stated above, we face financial risks from any decreases in regular donations. in
event-specific donations, or in rent. Of these three, the biggest risk is probably in
regular donations, which is likely to be sensitive to the economic environment. As living
costs and inflation increase, donors may have less income available to give us. We
mitigate Ihis risk by keeping a close eye on regular giving each month, so we will be
able to respond quickly to changes. We also plan to do a regular giving appeal each
year.
On the cost side, we also face risks associated with our building, particularly as the
climate crisis leads to more frequent and more severe stoms which may cause
damage which we'll need to repair.
The charfty's policy on reserves
We rely on income from regular donations, from ev8nt-specific donations and from rent
of our building to cover our operational costs. If any of those three were to decrease
substantially, we would rtreed to rely on our feserves to cover those costs until we were
able to increase income again or cut costs in some way. It's also possible that we will
face an unexpected one-off cost, most likely if we needed an emergency repair or
upgrade to our building. We consider it prudent to maintain reserves representing 3
months of operating Costs in ordèr to protect against these risks.
At the end of 2025, our reserves stood at £35,000 representing 4.2 months of projected
costs. This is in line with our policy and a bit better than last year and approaching the
middle of our target range. We will Continue to monitor our reserves. It is still important

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to us to make good use of the funds generously donated to us, and while remaining
financially prudent, not tying up too much of them in reserves.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees..
Signed
Lucy Jane Sp
Date
ce {Kusaladevi), Trustea

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of
Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottlngham)
for the year ended 31 December 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Triratna Buddhist
Community (Nottingham) (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Responsibllltles and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section
145 of the 2011 Acl and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the
applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b) of the
Act.
Independent examlner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention
in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material
spect:
l. accounting records were not kept in ￿SpeCt of the charity as required by section
130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord wlth those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the
examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed
Eva Stevens Bsc, CPFA
Employee of Community Accounting Plus
Date

Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham)
Receipts & payments account
for the year ended 31 December 2025
2024
2025
Noto
Receipts
3073
Activities contributions
648
Bank irrterest
11130
Gift Aid reclaim
67620
Grants & donations
15964
Rent
2753
Sales
101188 Total receipts
2188
490
12640
68546
23551
2548
109963
Payments
1629 Actimties & e￿nts
1587
Bank and transaction charges
2048
Consumable items
4233
Donations paid
500
Equipment, repairs & renewals
1194
FurTrJraisiro & publicity
732
Independent 6xamination fee
1794
Insurance
1393
Payroll & professional seNices
10127
Premises
336
PrintiryJ & stationery
1887
SIK)p purchases
68359
Support costs
993
TelephorE & postage
6249
Training. accommodation & retreat e￿enSeS
Sundry payments
Total payments
1657
1931
2068
3173
752
1464
732
2179
1625
10739
535
1344
70683
785
5970
103061
105648
(1873) Net recelptsl(payments}
32659
Cash funds at start of this period
30786
Cash funds at end of this perlod
4315
30786
35101
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Trlratna Buddhist Communlty (Nottingham)
Statement of assets and Ilabllltles
at 31 December 2025
2024
2025
Cash assets
Bank accounts
Cash in haTr
30786
35081
20
35101
30786
Other monetary assets
Debtors - Bank interest
Prepayments - irtsUra￿e
Stock
265
747
5082
6094
61
998
6119
7178
Assets retained for the charhy's own use
LaThY & buildirKJ purchased in 1995, cost £135,000
Ge￿ra1 equipment retained for use by charity.
Llabllities
Creditors
1141
{1141)
2970
2970
These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charty by:
Signed
Rachel Woodburn (Pasannacitta), Trustee
Date
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Triratna Buddhist Communlty (Nottingham)
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2025
l. Recelpts & payments accounts
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money re￿Ived and money spent
during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually. cash
received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in
hand.
2. Grants & donatlons
Sundry donations
68546
68546
3. Credltors
Support costs
Independent examination fee
2208
762
2970
4. Premlses & staff
Council tax
Ulilities & servicing
Maintenance & repairs
2643
7299
797
10739
The premises are owned by the Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham). The
cost of the property in 1995 was £135.000; the property was last valued in 2024 at
£734.820.
5. Trustees, remuneratlon
Three Trustees are ordained Buddhists and they received financial support in the fomi of
support pay totalling £48,539 (gross pay), this includes an allowance towards retreats. Two
of these trustees also received travel expenses totalling £808. Another trustee received
£791 which was 50Wo of donation takings for the yoga class she delivered.
6. Related party transactlons
There were no related paty transactions during the period.
7. Glossary of terms
Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the
accounting perlod.
Debtors: These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received In the
accounting period.
Prepayments: These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not
used during the accounting perlod.
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