72Ch&rity Regis¢ration No. 1155887
Company Registration No. 08733953 (England aDd Wales)
SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
TRUSTEES, REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

Truslees, Report and Ullaudited Accounts for the period ended 31 Iklober 2025
SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Legal and Administrative Information
Board of Trustees
Rev Boralande Wajiragnana Thero (The Chainnan)
Rev Muruddeniye Dhammarathana Thero
Rev Dikwelle Upatisaa Th¢ro
Mr Suranimala Senaratne (The Secretary)
Mr Don Ralnayaka {The Treasurer)
Mr Sujith Dissanayake
Mrs Chandani Kalugampitiya
Charity Number
115S887
Company Iyumber
08733953
Principal address
84 Dacre Road
Plaistow
London
E13 OPR
Banker5
Bank of Ceylon
l Devonshire Square
London EC2M 4WD
Registered Office
84 Dacre Road
PKaistow
London
E13 OPR
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Trustees, Report Un&udited Aecounts for the period ended 31 October 2025
SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Contents
Page
Truslees report
Independent examiner'5 report
Statemenl of financial aclivities
io
Balance sheet
Board's approval
12
Notes to the accounts
13-14
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SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Trustees, Report for the period ended 31 October 2025
The Trustees present their report and accounts for the period 01 November 2024 to 31 October 2025.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounling policies set out in Note I to the accounts
and comply with the Companies Acl 2006 and the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and
Reporting by Charities, issued in March 2005.
StnJ¢ture Governance and Mana
¢ment
The Charity is a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, estsblished under a
Memorandum and Articles of Association. incorporated on 15 October 2013. The Foundation was registered
with the Charity Commission on 21 February 2014.
The truslees, who are the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the period are..
l. Rev B Wajiragnana Thero
2. Rev M Dhamarathana Thero
3. Rei, D Upatissa Thero
4. Mr S Senaratne
5. Mr D D Ratnayaka
6. Mr S C Dissanayake
7. Mrs P C Kalugampitiya
Trustees No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are residents of Sri Lanka. The remaining three trustees are UK residents.
None of the trustees have any beneficial interest in the company. All the trustees are members of the company
and guardntee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
There are no indemnity provisions in place for the trnsiees.
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the Charity is exposed to and are satisfied that systems
are in place to mitigate exposure to major risks.
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SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Trustees, Re
ort for the
eriod ended 31 October 2025
continued
Objeetive and Activities
The Chari
's Ob-ectives:
l. AdN'ancement of the Buddhist faith and philosophy in accordance with the following doctrines:
a) Theravadha Buddhist Scriptures
b) Sutta Pitska (Teachings) and Vinaya Pilaka (Discipline) Discourses
c) Abhidhamma (high¢r doctrine; detailed analysis of all mental faculties and elements) preached
by Gaulama Buddha
The Ch￿lty will do this by propagating the Buddha's teachings locally. nationally and internationally
through the Buddhist TV (https'./lwww.thebuddhist.tvl), undertaking ceremonial activities and rituals
on a regular basis and holding weekly Dhamma (Buddha's teachings) talk5, discussions, meditation
session5 and retreats.
2. The prevention and r¢lief of poverty anywhere in the world, by providing or &ssisting in the provision
of education, training and healthcare projects. and providing necessary support for self-Su￿1¢1ency.
3. The promotion of religious harnlony for the benefit of the public by promoting knowledge, mutua
understanding and respeci for the beliefs of different religious faiths. This has been promot¢d by
providinglparticipaling in lectures, seminars. and workshops on the Buddhist faith and participating in
Newham Borough schools, religtous education programme.
The trustees have paid due regard to 8uidan¢e issued by the Charity Commission in deciding whkch activities
the chartty should undertake.
The Foundation activities and events r¢late to the
ear ended 31 October 2025:
Rev Madugalle Mahanama Thero is the monk-in-charge (Viharadikari) of the temple. His role is lo head the
congregation and conduct worship, deliver sennons, chanting Buddha discourses and provide spiritual
guidance and support for all visitingy members of the community. His activities also include delivering sem)ons
and chanting at other Buddhist temples and visiting homes of members of the congregation, on invitation, to
give blessings and for related spiritual activities. He is supported by monks visiting from Sri Lanka and other
temples in the UK. Rev Madugalle Mahanama Thero resides at the temple. He made a private visit to Sri
Lanka for about three months in October and returned in February.
The praciice of live streaming of daily evening Worship and other programmes conducted at the temple via
Zoom during Covtd has be¢n so successful, that the practice has continued. The devotees now hai'e a choice
whether to participate in lemple activities in person or remotely via Zoom. A majority of progTamm¢s
conducted at the temple is live streamed via Zoom. In addition sem]ons by monks in Sri Lank& sponsored by
devotees are also live streamed Via Zoom.
During the year Rev Sooriyagoda Siridhamma Thero arrived in July 2025 at the temple to observe Vas and
returned soon after ihe Kathina festival in October 2025. Rev Tempitiye Indawimala Thero after spending 5
months including Vas. returned to Sri Lanka in January 2025. Rev Makandure Sumanasiri Thero after
spending 5 rnonths retLmed io Sri Lanka in July 2025. Rev Kaluthara Mitta Thero arrived at the temple to
observe "Vas, (ralns r¢treat) and returned to Sri Lanka after the Kathina festival in November 2024. Ven
Aparelle Soratha Thero arrived at the temple in March 2025 and returned to Australia in June 2025. Ven
Nepale Tissa Thero and Sukitha Mano Thero each spent few weeks at the temple during the months of
December 2024 and Januarj 2025.
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The following monks from Sri Lanka and USA visited temple and conducted a day or half-day retreats:
Vcn A￿a￿￿e Anomadassi Thero
Ven Galgamuwe Santhabodhi Thero
Ven Ginthota Wimala Thero
Ven Thapowane Rathana Thero
Ven Boralande Vajiragnana Nayaka Thero (Chief Prelate. Chaimian of Sri Sambodhi Community
Developmenl Foundation) arrived speciaIly for the Kathina festival and returned to Sri Lanka after the festival.
In 2025 March, the sixth anniversary of the passing away of our Founder and the first Chainnan. the Most
Rev¢r¢nd Daranagama Kusaladhamma Nayaka Thero, was commemordted. On the 10 of March there was a
special sennon from Sri Lanka in the morning, dana (lunch) for monks and a special Buddha worship in the
evening by Rev Mahanama Thero from Sri Lanka. The event was attended in petson by a several devotees,
while som¢ participated via Zoom.
Vesak. which commemorates the Birth, Enlightenment and Passing Away of Gautama Buddha was celebrated
in May 2024. Poson, which commemorates the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka by Arahant Mahinda
Thero at Mihintsle, in the third century B.C. was celebraled in JLme 2024, Esall which commemorates
Buddha's preaching of his First Sem]on, (The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma Sutta) and the
arrival of Buddha's Tooth Relic in Sri Lanka was celebrated in July 2024.
In addition to these specific events devotees observed 'eight-pre¢epts' on Sundays nearest to the full moon
day, each month. The full m(K)n days in each month marks importani events in the Buddhist calendar. Many
devotees visited the temple throughout the day to celebrate and to receive blessings for the New Year (I st
January), the Sri Lanka Independence Day (4th February) and Sinhala and Tamil New Year (14th April).
There were special evening worship programmes for each ev¢nt. Sinhala and Tamil New Year was celebraled
in grand scale with games for children and adulis al a nearby park. The celebrations then continued in a hall
hired for the occasion. It was attended by over l 00 children and adults.
Vas from the full moon day in July (Esala) to the full moon day in Oclober (Vap) was celebraied weekly wtth
Sunday worship. During these months, each Sunday worship was SFK)nsored by a group of devotees. Vas
culminated in a ceremony of the offering of a Kathina robe to a monk. The Kathina ceremony was h¢ld on 5
November on a grand scale. It was held in the temple and attended by the resident monks and over 20 monks
from temples in the UK.
The Foundation worked closely with the Newham Schools, Religious Education Advisor and continued to
support local Schools in their religious education. The visits by school children were not held due to the
construction work at th¢ temple. The Foundation took part in discussions with religio￿ *achers.
The Foundation provides opportunities io the d¢votees to help the community and some of the forest
monasteries in Sri Lanka. which experienced hardship. Several devotees of the ternple provided fmancial
assistance to tmples and other institutions in Sri Lanka with development work and other activities and
worked with organisations aiding the disabled and the poor.
The religious school operated by the Foundation, which was started in 2015 function since Covid pandemtc.
Trustee meetings were limited to three during the year. as there were not many activities io rep)rt.
Achievements and rforn)ance
The monks conduci all the programmes and live at the property free of charge and are not paid a salary. They
render a yeoman service to the community on a voluntary basis. Their welfare is being looked afier by the
devotees. The charity does not have any ¢mployees. All work is done by volunteers. At present the charity
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does not have any major fund raising events except that a small food fair with associated activities was held
again during the year. The charity does not receive any grant from any public or private organisations. Due to
financial reasons the fund raising possibilities are b¢ing reviewed.
The devotees of the Foundation donate funds which are used for the day to day njnning expenses and further
development of the Foundation. The devotees also bring requisiles for the monks and for the temple and
provide breakfast and lunch for the monks throughout the year. The Foundation maintains a list of donors who
contribute monthly by bank standing order.
The construction work on the extension. which started in June 2021 progressed slowly due to the pandemic
and ditTiculti¢s in sourcing out building materials. The devot¢¢s have been steadily donating funds, within
their means. while various building regulations and procedures were compli¢d with. It has been compleied
and expe¢1 to receive the Completion Certificate in the next financial year, onc¢ some queries by the Building
Control ha￿¢ been answered.
We are graleful to the many devotees who have worked tirelessly, consistently and voluntarily for the benefit
of the Foundation and its development.
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SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Trustees, Report for the period eDded 31 October 2024 (continued)
Finaneial Review
Reserves
lic
The Charity has very few fixed cosls and has no need for reserves beyond a minimal level. The trustees consider
that £ l 0.000 is adequate as free reserves at the present time. The charity currently holds much more than this
amount.
Results for the
ear..
In the period ended 31 October 2024. the Foundalion had an exc¢ss of income over expenditure amounting to
£ 82,639 Reserves carried forward amount to £ 468,450.
The slatement of Financial Activities on Page 10 summarises the incoming sources and main are&s of
expenditure. The Balance Sheet on Page I I shows the Charity's ass¢ls and liabililies at 31 October 2024.
li is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should
be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month.s expendiiure. The trustees consider that
reserves at this level will ensure that. in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to coniinue
the Charity s current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised.
This level of ￿serveS has been maintained throughoui the period.
Donations by devotees for the construction work have continued but at a slower pace than in the previous
y¢ar. The nel income for the current year reflects this effect.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees,
D D Ratnavaka
'rrustee & Treasurer
Dated&uly 2025
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SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
IIIDF.PENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
I report on the accounts of the Charlty for the year ended 31 October 2025, which are set out on pages l O to
The Charity's Trusl¢es (who are also the directors of the company for the pulposes of compan5, lam:) are
rLsponsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year
under section 144(2) of the Charities Aet 2011 and that an independent examination is needed.
Hal'ing satisfied m)'self that the charity is not subject to an audit under company law and is eligible for
independent exarninalion. it is my responsibility to..
examine the accounls under section 145 of the 201 l Act.
to follow the procedures laid do￿￿ in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under
section 145(5)(b) of th¢ 2011 Act: and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the
accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in
the accounts. and seeking explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures
undertaken did not cover all the evidence that would be required in an audit. The report is limited to those
matters set out in the nexi statement.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006 and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accouniingy records. comply with the accounting
requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of
the Statement of Recommended Praclice.. Accounting and Reporting by Chatities have not been
met OT,
which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandtng of the
unts to be reached.
ayarathna
113 Beaconsfield Road
c￿ing, Town
London E16 4HT
DatedLg July 2026
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SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
ST ATEMENT OF FII¥4ANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR
THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
2025
2024
Note$
Ineoming resources from gener2t¢d funds
Donation and legacies
72.465
99.801
Resources expended
Goi'ernance Cost
16,027
17,162
Total resourc¢$ expended
16.027
Net income for the yearl
N¢t movement in funds
Fund balonce at 31 October 2024
56.438
82.639
468,450
385,811
Fund balance Ydt 31 October 2025
524,888
468.450
The stslement of financial activity also complRes with the requirements for an Income and
Expenditure Account under Companies Act 2006.
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SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2025
2025
2024
Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
1.006.626
977,894
Current Assets
Debtors
Cash in bank and in hand
25.445
32.240
57.685
18.000
14.127
32,127
Creditors: amounts falling due Tyithin one year
(10.635)
(12,783)
Net current Ydssets
47,050
19.344
Total assets le85 liabilities
1,053,676
997.238
Creditors: amounts falling due after more th¥dn one year
io
(528,788)
(528.788)
Net assets
524,888
468,450
Income funds
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted funds
10,000.
514,888
524,888
10,000
458,450
468,450
The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in Section 477 of the Companie,
Act 2006, for the period ¢nd¢d 31 October 2025. No member of the company has deposited a notice, pursuant t(
section 476. requiring an audit of these accounts.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records w,hi¢h
comply with the Section 386 of the Act and for prepartng accounts which give a true and fair view of the state o
affairs of the company as at ihe end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of
resources. including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of
Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ￿lating tc
accounts, so far as applicable to the company.
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SRI SAMBODHI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
l. Aceounting policies
1.1 Basis of prep¥dration
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Ststement of
Recommended Practice, 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities, issued in March 2005 and the
Companies Act 2006.
1.2 Tangible fixed assets and depre¢i*tion
Tangtrible fixed asset5 Other than freehold land are stsied at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is
provid¢d at rates calculated to write off the cosi less estimated residual value of each asset over its
¢xpected useful life.
No depreciation h&s been provided for addilions made nearer the year end as the trustees are of the opinion
thai the additions were fitted towards the end of th¢ accounting period and no depreciation is necessary.
2. Donations and legacies
2025
2024
Donations include
donations for the new build
72.465
3. Totol resources expended
2025
2024
Governance cost
17,162
There are no charges for accounlancy fees during the year
4. Governance eo$ts
2025
2024
Governance costs comprise:
Professional and Registration fees
Donations
Other support costs
246
1.840
13,941
16,027
48
5,260
11,854
17.162
Donations mainly include those made to monasteries in Sri Lanka to meet their operating cosls in appreciation
of the s¢Ymons given via Zoom. The scheme started during Covid-19 isolaiion period was found to be very
beneficial io our Congregation and thus it has been extended beyond Covid-19 isolation period.
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5. Trustees
None of the trustees, or any person connected with them, received any remuneration during the period for
services provided to th¢ foundaiion.
6. Employees
There were no employees during this period.
7. Tangible fixed assets
Land
Fixtures,
nd
Fittings &
Buildings Equipment
Total
Cost
At l Nov 2024
Addition5
Disposal
At 31 October 2025.
995,576
28.816
33,205
3.077
1.028.781
31,893
1,024,392
36.282
1060,674
Depreciation
At 31 October 2025
30,483
54,048
Net book value
At 31 October 2025
993,909
12.717
1,006,626
8. Debtors
2025
2024
Trade debtors
25,445
18,000
9. Creditors: amounts falling due within One year
2025
2024
Other creditors
Accruals
10.635
12,783
10,635
12.783
10. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Other creditors
528,788
528,788
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