# COMPASSION MAHAYANA BUDDHIST CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1061893
- **Other names:** COMPASSION MAHAYANA BUDDHIST CENTRE, COMPASSION CENTRE, Compassion Kadampa Meditation Centre Newcastle
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 17, 1997
- **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=1061893


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 STATION ROAD, GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE3 1QD
- **Phone:** 01912843501
- **Email:** info@compassioncentre.org
- **Website:** http://www.compassioncentre.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTICE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE BUDDHIST TRADITION OF ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA  AS TAUGHT BY VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO, THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST UNION, THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY PROGRAMMES: THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A, OF THIS MEMORANDUM.

**Activities:** Educational, religious

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE NORTH EAST ENGLAND




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £116964 | £99875 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £133053 | £120710 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £141181 | £123999 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £132817 | £78979 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £133930 | £69956 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Dr Derek Randles — appointed Aug. 22, 2024
- Lisa Divine — appointed Dec. 13, 2023
- Spencer James Samual Davey — appointed Aug. 22, 2024