# KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE READING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1050321
- **Other names:** SHANTIDEVA BUDDHIST CENTRE, SHANTIDEVA CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 31, 1995
- **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=1050321


## Contact

- **Address:** 9 BATH ROAD, READING
- **Postcode:** RG1 6HH
- **Phone:** 01189599133
- **Email:** info@learntomeditate.org
- **Website:** www.learntomeditate.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTISE 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 THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY; THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME, AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS MEMORANDUM.

**Activities:** Shantideva Centre provides a range of meditation classes and Buddhist events throughout the Thames Valley.  It is a member of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT-IKBU).

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Buckinghamshire
- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £98162 | £85764 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £103150 | £63435 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £102575 | £65167 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £89969 | £61150 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £86874 | £60418 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Amanda Ruth Day — appointed Jan. 4, 2024
- Mark Bernardi — appointed June 23, 2025
- Veena Kaur Chadda — appointed June 12, 2023