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2022-04-05-accounts

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1185175

Martsang Kagyu UK Buddhist Centre CIO Unaudited Financial Statements

Period start date 6[th] April 2021 Period end date 5[th] April 2022

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Martsang Kagyu UK Buddhist Centre

Financial Statements Year ended 5[th] April 2022

_____________ Page Trustees' annual report 1 Statement of financial activities Statement of financial position Notes to the financial statements Independent Examiner's Report

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5[th] April 2022

Reference and administrative detail

Registered Charity Name Martsang Kagyu UK Buddhist Centre CIO Charity registration number 1185175 Principal office 4 Crossways Ely CB6 3TP

The trustees His Holiness Gangri Karma Rinpoche C Gyaltsen Mr J A Mclntyre Ms T A Bryson

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Trustees’ Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 5[th] April 2022

The Trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5[th] April 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice relevant to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

Introduction

The Martsang Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism is an unbroken lineage based on the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha’s sutras and tantras which was founded 857 years ago by Choje Marpa Sherab Yeshe in 1167 (1134-1203).

His Holiness Gangri Karma Rinpoche is the spiritual director of the Martsang Kagyu UK Buddhist Centre and is eminently qualified to carry out this role. He is the current lineage holder of the Martsang Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the reincarnation of the Eleventh Gangri Karma Rinpoche. He is an exceptional scholar of the Dharma and has played a key role internationally exploring the interface of Buddhism with modern science and psychology.

Structure, governance and management

Martsang Kagyu UK Buddhist Centre is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and was registered as such with the Charity Commission on 5th September 2019. The CIO was established under a constitution based largely on the Standard Constitution drafted by the Charity Commission, which establishes the objectives, powers and governance of the CIO. Some of the amendments and additions made relate to Martsang Kagyu traditional Tibetan Buddhism.

Trustees are provided with copies of Public Benefit Guidance Notices from the Charity Commission on the organization (PB1), activities (PB2), and reporting responsibilities (PB3) to maintain the objectives of the organization, and in turn their Public Benefit.

To fulfil their duties, the trustees are required to have knowledge and experience of the practices of the Martsang Kagyu tradition. The Trustees are therefore drawn from the volunteers of the organisation, who are already familiar with the core values.

The trustees are provided with an induction regarding their duties and responsibilities and provided with a copy of the constitution and Charity Commission Guide CC3 (The Essential Trustee). Trustees are appointed for a period of three years as per the governing document.

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To maximise a line of sight, meetings took place online or in person on a monthly basis between trustees, events coordinators and volunteers. These are conducted to increase transparency throughout the organisation, and ensure shared understanding of the values and objectives of the organisation. The responsibility for day-to-day management of the centre and its communications falls on Dolma Sherab.

The CIO has been building relationships with other Buddhist organisations and plans to create relationships with academic bodies to increase knowledge and understanding, and to explore the potential to share resources.

Risk management

The courses, workshops and practices operate on an experiential level. As such the CIO has implemented a risk policy to increase awareness of any participant or visitor who is experiencing any difficulty when exploring or practising any of the Buddhist material or activities. Event coordinators are aware of and contribute to the risk policy and a risk register is available for all volunteers and coordinators. Mental and physical health services in the area have been identified for access where necessary.

Additionally, as the centre is a place of worship and can be open to members of the public, the risk policy includes guidelines for volunteers and coordinators to handle situations where a member of the public may pose risk to other visitors. No incidents were reported in this period.

Objectives and activities

The object of the charity is “To advance Buddhism in the UK for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Martsang Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism mainly but not exclusively by the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, seminars, public celebrations of religious festivals and meditation to enlighten others about the Buddhist religion.”

In exercising the powers of the trust and pursuing the objects of the charity, public benefit is accomplished by:

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Further details are provided below:

Meditation classes:

We currently run five mediation classes a week that help all practitioners increase their wellbeing and health, reduce stress and gain a sense of peace. In addition, meditation increases patience and compassion and can help to improve personal and family relationships. This feedback from our meditation students has been documented to support the aims and objectives of our activities and indicated that many students were achieving excellent results.

Buddhist teachings:

Knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism was provided through training in the Marsang Kagyu tradition, as transmitted through His Holiness Gangri Karma Rinpoche and handouts distributed in respect to Buddhism and other media to inform others. We have experienced an increase in students requesting teachings from His Holiness.

We provide free lectures in the UK for the public to increase the joy and happiness within their minds and daily life.

In the Buddhist theory of change, the practice of the Medicine Buddha within Martsang Kagyu actualises prayers that the Medicine Buddha made in the past to bring happiness by bringing about causes for enlightenment, appeasing problems, satisfying good wishes, and helping those in a state of distress due to illness.

Prayers and rituals:

We undertake various rituals and ceremonies to promote traditional Tibetan Buddhism including:

The Martsang Kagyu Green Tara puja practice was conducted monthly during this period. This puja is traditionally understood to bring strong help to people's careers. This is understood to bring them benefit and benefit those with whom they interact.

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The precious Avalokiteshvara Puja is within the Martsang Kagyu system, which includes the Avalokiteshvara offering, Refuge and so on. It is a prayer for increasing fearlessness and longevity.

Martsang Lama Chopa is a practice of guru devotion specific to the Martsang Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. We celebrate the Nirvana and enlightenment Day of our lineage founder, Choje Marpa Rinpoche. In gratitude to our founder Choje Marpa's compassion, charitable activities provided by Martsang Kagyu on the day, included releasing animals from captivity into the wild.

The Vajrapani Bodhisattva puja is a special religious ceremony for Buddhist practitioners.

Other activities:

Provision of Buddhist books, images, prayer items and other materials as aids to the study and practice of Martsang Kagyu Tibetan Buddhism.

Providing translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts to Buddhist practitioners. This enables students to gain a deep understanding of Buddhist philosophy.

Holding cultural and social events to increase access to the centre for local communities.

His Holiness provides education to young monks to ensure they receive the appropriate training to continue our charity objectives in the future.

We support a farm in Scotland to ensure the animals rescued have enough food to survive for the year.

We continue to train meditation teachers to provide more free regular classes for the public. Benefits to meditation have been proved scientifically to improve mental wellbeing, reduce stress, improve concentration, sleep and relaxation.

Contribution of volunteers

The charitable activities are staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers. The role of volunteering is essential to our charity and the contributions of our volunteers has a tremendous impact in terms of public benefit. This includes greater community engagement and developing caring and compassionate qualities in our daily life. The direct social impact and improved wellbeing helps to increase resilience, which is essential during these uncertain times for both volunteers and public.

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Volunteering can help the individual in several ways including increasing employability skills, reducing stress, supporting personal development, increasing happiness, making friends and strengthening communities.

Achievement and performance

Charitable activities that were undertaken for public benefit:

The CIO is governed in a manner where the intention is to achieve a degree of public benefit in all activities

The charity’s meditation teachers trained by His Holiness Gangri Karma Rinpoche have delivered free meditation classes for 189 residents. The meditation teacher training is an ongoing project and will continue to benefit many more people in the future. We continue to receive positive feedback from our students with many achieving profound results. This includes being calmer and coping much better with stress on a daily basis. Our simple meditation technique has increased happiness and well-being for our practitioners. This results in a positive impact on both their professional and personal lives.

We have expanded our scope by providing free lectures in the UK for public to increase joy and happiness within their mind and daily life. The lectures have taken place in Forest Hill, Canterbury, and London. We intend to continue our free lectures across the UK including Bristol, Manchester, Scotland, and other cities in 2023.

The charity’s spiritual director His Holiness Gangri Karma Rinpoche held prayers and blessings for residents when performing the Green Tara puja, Medicine Buddha puja, Martsang Lama Chopa, Avalokiteshvara Puja and Vajrapani Bodhisattva Puja. The attendance rate for all our pujas was 100%. The pujas were free to attend.

We are able to provide support when requested by the public from His Holiness and teachers for those with mental health issues. This included increasing their understanding from a Buddhist perspective resulting in a positive impact on their mental health, jobs, family relationships, and other personal issues.

Our Charity supported a farm in Scotland that rescues animals in the area. We donated food to ensure they had enough to eat for a year. In addition, we donated fruits to homeless people during the celebration of the founder of Martsang Kagyu.

In total His Holiness supported and trained 5 young monks.

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