# AKANISHTA KADAMPA BUDDHIST CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1125213
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 28, 2008
- **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=1125213


## Contact

- **Address:** Akanishta Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 59 Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
- **Postcode:** GL52 5NE
- **Phone:** 01242 269807
- **Email:** admin@meditationincheltenham.org.uk
- **Website:** www.meditationincheltenham.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 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 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 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:** Akanishta Kadampa Buddhist Centre aims to help people increase their peace of mind and solve their problems through Buddhist meditation. The charity runs day courses/study programmes and meditation classes, school visits and hospital chaplaincy offering spiritual guidance and advice. The charity affirms its commitment to maintaining safeguarding policies and is open to everyone.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Gloucestershire
- Oxfordshire
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £50245 | £39128 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £49674 | £29486 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £21952 | £40521 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £48211 | £44759 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £46299 | £42445 | — | — |



## Trustees

- AMANDA RUTH DAY — appointed May 19, 2024
- Max Watkins — appointed May 19, 2024
- Paolo Nicosia — appointed May 24, 2024