## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 3.10.2024 To Period end date. 2.10.2025** **Charity name: Triratna East Kent Buddhist Group Charity registration number: 11885433** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To support the advancement of the**
**Buddhist religion, in particular by:**
**1. Teaching members of the public the**
**Buddhist practices of mindfulness and**
**meditation.**
**2. Promoting and teaching Buddhist**
**ethical values thereby enabling people to**
**live more healthy and harmonious lives.**
**3. Enhancing the understanding and**
**practice of spirituality* in our local**
**community in particular by cooperating**
**with other organisations delivering**
**similar benefits. (*Spirituality being**
**understood as pertaining to life’s**
**meaning and purpose.)**
**4.Supporting ordained members of the**
**Triratna Buddhist Community and others**
**(at the discretion of the CIO), who are**
**working to actively promote the above**
**values and practices.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We have:**
**Held services of worship and devotion.**
**Organised lectures, courses, classes and**
**retreats, both in person and via zoom.**
**Maintained contact and provided**
**information and resources, for example**
**via regular emails, Facebook, Instagram**
**and the website.**
**Invited and received contributions.**
**Supported individuals to attend learning**
**events and retreats.**
**Established and maintained connections**
**with the local community.**
**Continued to encourage and support**
**people to practise mindfulness and**
**meditation with all their psychological**
**and spiritual benefits.**
**All of our activities are designed to**| |||**encourage individuals to lead more**
**ethical, purposeful, friendly and**
**compassionate lives; to deepen their**
**understanding and practice of Buddhism**
**through study, friendship and events,**
**and through working with others for the**
**benefit of the local community and**
**environment. Most of our events are**
**offered on a donation basis and, where**
**there is a charge, we have a bursary**
**available to help those in need of**
**support.**
**No Order members are currently**
**receiving ongoing support.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**Charity Commission guidance on public**
**benefit when carrying out the charity’s**
**activities.**| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference ||Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Our Chair stepped down from the role in**
**July 2025. The Vision Team stopped**
**regular meetings from that date.**
**Our principle aims continue: to attract a**
**younger and more diverse membership,**
**and to have a greater community**
**presence. In addition, our vision now**
**includes: to deepen sangha within the 3**
**groups; consolidate what has already**
**been achieved; continue to spread the**
**dharma; encourage people to deepen**
**their own practice.**
**The 3 groups now have a team each to**
**organise activities and events.**
**A self-employed ‘social media**
**co-ordinator’ is appointed for 8 hours a**
**week to promote our activities. They**
**have created a presence for us on**
**Facebook and Instagram and been**
**instrumental in setting up a website and**
**keeping it up to date. This publicity has**
**attracted newcomers, including younger**
**people, to many of our events and**
**classes.**
**We have held weekly meditation classes**
**in Deal, Margate and Canterbury. These**
**have proved very popular for newcomers**
**and regulars alike and are well attended.**
**Our Friday morning meditation on the**
**beach and on zoom, has continued and**
**attracted newcomers.**
**Regular study groups have continued,**
**both on zoom and in person. All are well**
**attended. We have held introductory**
**courses for newcomers in Deal and**
**Canterbury, and also a meditation**
**teacher training course for experienced**
**sangha members.**
**Sangha meetings in Deal, Canterbury and**
**Margate have continued. Newcomers,**
**including young people, have joined us.**
**We hold regular women+ and men+**
**events.**
**We have celebrated some Buddhist**
**festivals with in-person evening and day**
**events. In addition, we encourage**
**sangha members to join online festivals,**
**retreats and classes held by the wider**
**Triratna Community.**
**We have held a very successful weekend**
**sangha retreat at a Triratna retreat centre,**|| |---|---|---|---|---| **and 2 very successful and well attended weekend “at home” retreats locally, all led by visiting Order members. Our annual Buddhist Action Month event took place in June. The theme was “Sowing seeds of compassion for the world”. Activities included a film night, discussions, meditations and an earth puja. The sangha Lunch Club has continued to be very popular and enabled connections to grow. We have held film nights, showing films with a Buddhist theme, which have proved popular. The Sangha Care Group continues to offer friendship and simple care to people in the sangha in East Kent. It was agreed by the trustees that the year had been successful in working towards our aims and consolidating all that has been achieved so far.** **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Our finances have remained healthy**
**throughout the year. We have received**
**regular and one-off donations from**
**sangha members for classes, retreats**
**and events.**
**Our outgoings have included donations**
**to visiting speakers and Triratna charities**
**approved by the trustees; regular**
**payments to the social media co-**
**ordinator; regular costs such as hire of**
**premises, insurance, zoom and bank**
**charges; payments for the website.**
**The bursary fund has been used once in**
**the year.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold a reserve of unspent income**
**from a legacy of unrestricted funds. The**
**legacy is used for payments to the social**
**media co-ordinator.**
**Our reserves will give the ability to**
**continue to pay the social media co-**
**ordinator, fund new projects and to**
**manage unforeseen costs or financial**
**difficulties such as a shortfall in income.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Our reserve of unspent income is within**
**our revised target range of £35,000 -**
**£50,000. The reserves are deposited in 2**
**bank accounts earning interest.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The members of the charity trustees may**
**at any time decide to appoint a new**
**charity trustee. The maximum number of**
**trustees is 12.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**TEKBG is part of a worldwide network of**
**Triratna Buddhist centres, groups and**
**practitioners – the Triratna Buddhist**
**Community – all sharing the same aims**
**and objectives. This provides us with**
**both support and access to retreat**
**centres, study materials, teachers, other**
**centres and other Buddhist practitioners**
**with whom we can share and discuss our**
**plans and vision.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Triratna East Kent Buddhist Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Deal Buddhist Group| |Registered charity number|1188543| |Charity’s principal address|13 Herschell Square,
Deal, Kent
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Madeline Borland|Safeguarding Officer|3/10/24 – 31/7/25
Remains as Trustee|| ||Richard Gifford|||| ||Maddava John|GroupTreasurer||| ||Geraldine Moon|GroupSecretary||| ||Graham John
Patterson|||| ||Marilyn Ann
Williams|Chair|3/10/24 – 31/7/25
Remains as Trustee|| ||Sara Williams||9/7/25 –present|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**Triratna East Kent Buddhist Group**|**1188543**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |03/10/2024
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|02/10/2025
Period end date
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**11 834**
**6 047**
**834**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18 715**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18 715**
**4 978**
**3 516**
**288**
**401**
**8 397**
**-**
**-**
**83**
**1 650**
295
**19 608**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19 608**
**- 893**
**-**
**66 072**
**65 179**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
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**funds**
**to the nearest £**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**11 834**
**6 047**
**834**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18 715**
**-**
**-**
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**18 715**
**4 978**
**3 516**
**288**
**401**
**8 397**
**-**
**-**
**83**
**1 650**
295
**19 608**
**-**
**-**
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**19 608**
**- 893**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**11 834**|||||**8 941**| |Sanga retreats|**6 047**|||||**3 523**| |Bank interest|**834**|||||**1 440**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**18 715**|||||**13 904**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**13 904**| |||||||| |Premoises fees|**4 978**|||||**3 307**| |Retreats|**3 516**|||||**3 009**| |Sangapurchases|**288**|||||**461**| |Regular costs,insyrance,zoom|**401**|||||**527**| |Social media co-ordinator|**8 397**|||||**5 676**| |Websiute|**-**|||||**21**| |Order member support|**-**|||||**544**| |Bank charges|**83**|||||**68**| |Donation to Triratna charities|**1 650**|||||**5 950**| |Bank transfer to Triratna charity
Sundries||||||**100 000**| |**_Sub total_ **|**19 608**|||||**119 563**| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**119 563**| |||||||| ||**- 893**|**-**|**-**|**- 893**||**- 105 659**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**66 072**|**-**|**-**|**66 072**||**171 731**| ||**65 179**|**-**|**-**|**65 179**||**66 072**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **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**|**Details**
**Details**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**_Total cash funds_**
Co-Op Community Directlplus account
Signature
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Triodos current account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6 772**
**-**
**54 703**
**-**
**3 700**
**-**
**65 175**
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