Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 01 2025 To 31 12 2025
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Liverpool Sri Sambuddha Buddhist Temple Foundation
Other names charity is known by LSBT Registered charity number (if any) 1186047
Charity's principal address
120 Carr Lane East Liverpool Postcode L11 4SL
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for **whole year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Dr G. Welhengama | Trustee | Buddhist Temple | ||
| J.S.M Kariyakaranage | Trustee | Buddhist Temple | ||
| P.D.S.Jayaweera | Trustee | Buddhist Temple | ||
| Sugatharatana Thero Thissapura |
Trustee | Buddhist Temple | ||
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)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Type of adviser Name Address |
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| 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 (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust, CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
Induction and training of trustees are ongoing. You may choose to include additional information, where Our charity is independent organisation and strives to form relevant, about: collaborative partnerships with charitable organisations with • policies and procedures similar objective adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Risks: There are always risks in maintaining our charity. If we fail to raise funds through donations risks are very high in • the charity’s organisational managing the charity. The risk register is maintained to structure and any wider minimize risks on a short-term and long-term basis. network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
To advance the Buddhist faith in Liverpool for the public benefit. Mainly but not exclusively by support in meditation and mindfulness classes and religious education Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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Conduct religious activities, and celebrate cultural events of Sri Lankan heritage, support and guide mindfulness and meditation. Most importantly, teaching of Lord Buddha
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)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Policy on grant-making- No grant-making activities investment, currently no plan for the investment Volunteer contribution: A large part of our income is generated through volunteer contribution and plate collection
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
Reserves will be maintained to manage day to day expenses and to run our community and religious activities.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
N/A
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
Principal source of funding Volunteer contribution Fund raising through religious events through Gift Aid- we are registered for Gift Aid Our expenditure supports our objectives
No decision has been taken yet about investment since we are a small and recently formed Charity.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Our Charity is progressing well even though we are a small and recently established charity. Our main religious and cultural events draw more than 400 individuals on any given occasion.
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Mr. P.D.S.Jayaweera
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)
Trustee
Date 17/04/2026
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LIVERPOOL SRI SAMBUDDHA BUDDHIST TEMPLE FOUNNo (if any) Receipts and payments accounts For the period 01/01/2025 31/12/2025 To from
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| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||||
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| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||||||
| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest | £ | to the nearest | £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest | £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||||
| Donations | 22,719 | - | - | 22,719 | 43,244 | |||||||
| Other Income | - | - | - | - | 7,756 | |||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
22,719 | - | - | 22,719 | 51,000 |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 22,719 - - - - - - - 22,719 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ 22,719 - - - - - - - 22,719 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 22,719 | - | - - - - - - - - - |
22,719 | 43,244 | |||
| Other Income | - | - | - | 7,756 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
22,719 | - | 22,719 | 51,000 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
- - - 22,719 4,619 175 5,813 3,660 1,200 |
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- - - 22,719 4,619 175 5,813 3,660 1,200 1,308 - 1,466 - 18,241 - - - 18,241 4,478 |
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| Sub total | - | - | - | |||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | 22,719 | 51,000 | ||||||
| Repairs & Maintananace | 4,619 | - | - - - - - |
4,619 | 23,687 | |||
| TV Licence | 175 | - | 175 | 170 | ||||
| Light & Heat | 5,813 | - | 5,813 | 7,448 | ||||
| Water Administration cost |
3,660 | - | 3,660 | 4,267 | ||||
| 1,200 | - | 1,200 | 37 | |||||
| Stationery& Printing | 1,308 | - | - | 1,308 | 160 | |||
| Fund RaisingActivityCost | - | - | - - - - |
- | 1,051 | |||
| Council Tax | 1,466 | - | 1,466 | 2,788 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 18,241 | - | 18,241 | 39,608 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | |||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| - | 18,241 | 39,608 | ||||||
| 4,478 | - | 4,478 |
11,392 | |||||
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| 4,478 | - | 4,478 | 11,392 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Details Bank Balance at at 31/12/2025 Savings Bank Balance as at 31/12/2025 Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 2,428 - 15,015 - - - 17,443 - Agreement Error OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Priyankarage Dinuka Suranga Jayaweera |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Priyankarage Dinuka Suranga Jayaweera | 17/04/2026 | ||
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