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2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 April 2024 To 31 March 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name UK Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door Buddhist Charity Foundation

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1165696

Charity's principal address 25C Claughton Road

Plaistow London Postcode E13 9PN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Tze Wei Siow Chair Acted from 2nd Dec 18
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Wei Kee Ng Trustee Acted from 1st Feb 22
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser

Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

CIO How the charity is constituted

Appointed Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Policies and Procedures adopted for training of Trustees are as below : 1 Trainee Trustee will be assisted by present Trustees and one of the Volunteer who is an ACCA qualified account will assist the Trainee Trustees in preparing the account packs for the foundation. Structure and network with which the charity work : 1.All Trustees including One Chair Trustee and all volunteers are unpaid. Regular volunteers who travel from and to the temple during their voluntary duty days will be provided with a prepaid Oyster Card to cover their travel cost. 2.Free Vegetarian Tasting Event and Vegetarian Cooking Workshops are hosted and open to public and our community. 3. Liaising with local community centres on a regular basis. Relationship with Related Party: Majority Trustees give significant donations to the charity and there is no reimbursement of expenses occurred for this year end. Major Risk and procedures to extenuate it: 1. Cash Donation would be scrutinized regularly by Trustees, review on monthly basis normally would be two volunteers on daily duty. 2. Two signatures would be required on the Day Duty Log Book, CCTV in place wireless connected to chair trustee's phone. Only trained and trustworthy volunteers would have access to cash box. Any cash donation would be deposit right on the next day or the day after into the charity bank account by duty volunteer apart from cash flow.

You may choose to include additional information, where 1 Trainee Trustee will be assisted by present Trustees and one of the relevant, about: Volunteer who is an ACCA qualified account will assist the Trainee · policies and procedures Trustees in preparing the account packs for the foundation. adopted for the induction and Structure and network with which the charity work : training of trustees;

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Section C Objectives and activities

1-Promoting the teaching, study, practice and practical application of Buddhism and Guan Yin Citta in the UK.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

2-Organising public events and facilitating the public dissemination and interchange of ideas and information about the practice of Buddhism. 3-Promoting activities to foster racial and religious harmony, equality, diversity and peace

It has been another meaningful year at UK Guanyin Ciita. The charity continue to host a many activities, mainly based on the Temple’s location in Plaistow.

Temple has welcomed more visitors on a daily basis and more members of public attending the events hosted by the temple. We are seeing the increase numbers of new visitors over the year.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Dedicated volunteers continue to host online Buddhist teaching classes for children on a regular basis for them to develop the right view by 1) understanding the Four Noble Truths and developing wisdom,

Seven main vegetarian events open for members and local community sessions were hosted, giving opportunity for participants to exchange ideas and information about the practice of Buddhism. Many useful information about how the vegetarian diet can bring significant positive impact to one’s health and the environment.

A lot more members of the charity started to volunteer themselves in the activities by contributing their time in order to promote the temple’s events to a wider community and increase the connection between the foundation and local community in order to promote the knowledge and values of Buddhism.

Food parcels (Total value of £188.88) were donated near Christmas period to the members of community who were in needs.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Over the past year, members of the charity had made monthly visit to the Chinese Community Centre in different areas to introduce the temple activities.

In order to make greater connection to spread the knowledge and teaching Buddhism, volunteers had distributed leaflets about temple’s activities, Buddhism books and vegetarian dishes recipe cards to community members to Chinese Community centres and publics who visited the temple in person.

Temple had hosted the following events in the past year :

15/05/2024 - Vesak Day Celebration 24/07/2024 - Guan Yin Bodhisattva Enlightenment Day (outdoor event) 17/09/2024 - Mid Autumn Festival 19/11/2024 - Temple 8th Anniversary 07/01/2025 - Laba Festival 29/01/2025 - Chinese New Year Festival 18/03/2025 - The Nirvana Day of Sakyamuni Buddha

All vegetarian and Dharma talk events received positive feedbacks from the participants and they see positive changes in their physical and mental health by eating more vegetarian dishes and sutras reciting.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Charity’s policy is to hold bank and cash reserves of between 3 months and 2 years of running costs. At the year-end reserves were £42,624.

Details of any funds materially

in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The Foundation does not receive any government Grant and is relied on donations from members and public.

The foundation would only have expected people to donate after they have benefited from our help and Buddhism teaching promoted, hence no street raising fund events have ever been held.

Main Expenditures: Our major expenditure is the rental of the temple. Other regular expenses such as telephone and broadband, utilities bill, liabilities insurance and other miscellaneous will remain the usage. All these decisions and expenses will be strictly reviewed and scrutinized by the trustees.

No Investments can be made from donations received.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Wei Kee NG Full name(s) Tzi Wei Siow Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)

Date 20/01/2026

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Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of UK Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door Buddhist Charity Foundation

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the attached accounts of UK Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door Buddhist Charity Foundation for the year ended 31 March 2025.

This report is made solely to the trustees, as a body, in accordance with regulations made under section 154 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the trustees matters I am required to state to them in an Independent Examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the trustees for my independent examination work, for this report, or for the statement I have given below.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner'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 respect:

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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 a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Simon Erskine FCA FCIE DChA

61 Mortimer Road London NW10 5QR Date: 20 January 2026

Charity Name No (if any) UK Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door Buddhist Charity 1165696 Foundation CC16a

Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2024 31/03/2025

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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
General Donations Income 29,472 - - 29,472 42,144
Interest 540 - - 540 404
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Sub total (Gross income for
30,012 - - 30,012 42,548
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A2 Asset and investment sales
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 30,012 - - 30,012 42,548
A3 Payments
Temple Rental/Storage Rental 25,000 - - 25,000 25,000
Telephone & Broadband 931 - - 931 771
Utilities / Service Maintenance 3,927 - - 3,927 3,037
Office Admin + Events Costs 2,393 - - 2,393 2,971
Bank Charges - - - - -
Insurance 576 - - 576 548
Repair Maintenance - - - - -
Security System - - - - -
Equipment - - - - -
Miscellaneous 854 - - 854 737
Independent Examination Fees 850 - - 850 950
Donation Expense - Food Parcels 189 189
Sub total 34,720 - - 34,720 34,014
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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- - - -
Sub total [- ] - - - -
Total payments 34,720 - - 34,720 34,014
Net of receipts/(payments) -4,708 - - -4,708 8,534
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 47,332 - - 47,332 38,798
Cash funds this year end 42,624 0 0 42,624 47,332
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
B1 Cash funds Natwest Business Current Account
Natwest Business Reserved Account
Cash in Hand
Total cash funds
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3,217
39,025
382
42,624		 to nearest £
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account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets Rent deposit 3,125
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B4 Assets retained for the Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional)
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Fund to which Amount due When due
B5 Liabilities Details
Independent Examination Fees Accrual		 liability relates
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Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Signature Print Name Date of
approval
Wei Kee Ng 20 January 2026

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