Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham) (Registered charity, number 1192311) Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 

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2 - 3 Trustees’ annual report 4 Independent examiner’s report 5 Receipts & payments account 6 Statement of assets & liabilities 7 - 8 Notes to the accounts 



Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham) Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 December 2023 

Full name Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham) 

Other names by which the charity is known Nottingham Buddhist Centre 

## Registered charity number 1192311 

Principal address 9 St Mary’s Place, Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1PH 

## Trustees 

Cornelia Remijn, Gareth Austin, Paul Johnson, Lucy Jane Spence, Rachel Woodburn, Kshantika Coates, Upekshanandi Monika Podgorska, Jnanaruchi Cox 

Independent examiner N/A 

## Governance and management 

The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted in 2020 and revised in 2021. 

All new trustee candidates, who will be professed Buddhists, approved by existing council according to criteria in the constitution are nominated by the charity’s members and appointed at our AGM as per the constitution. 

## Objectives and activities 

To encourage members and others to live in accordance with the Buddha's teachings. 

To support ordained members of the Triratna Buddhist Order and other ordained Buddhists at the discretion of the council. 

To maintain close communication with and work under the guidance of the T B O and in co-operation with other groups with the same objectives; to bring the Buddha's teachings to the general public. 

## Public benefit statement 

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'. 

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Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham) 

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit We are an international Buddhist movement bringing the Buddha’s teaching to the general public. We provide meditation classes and Buddhism for the citizens of Nottingham and surrounding area. 

We currently operate through our previous charity with the same name under charity number 1044031. We are in the process of arranging the transfer of our assets to this new structure as the Charity Incorporated Organisation offers a number of benefits. So far though the CIO has no income or outgoings. 

## Summary of the main achievements during the period 

The CIO has not been operational so there have been no achievements. 

## Financial Review 

N/A as the CIO has no income or outgoings. 

## Financial risks 

The CIO currently has no assets as none have been transferred from the previous charity yet. We expect this to take place in the coming year. 

The charity’s policy on reserves N/A 

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: 

Signed ____Lucy Spence___________________ Date _15th April 2024_________ 

Lucy Spence, Chair of Trustees 

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## Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham) for the year ended 31 December 2023 

There has been no independent examiners report this year for the reasons explained above. 

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## Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham) Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 December 2023 

|2022 -2023||
|---|---|
|Receipts||
|Total receipts|£0|
|Payments||
|Total payments|£0|
|Net receipts/(payments)|£0|
|Cash funds at end of this period|£0|



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## Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham) Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 December 2023 

|2022-2023|||
|---|---|---|
|Cash assets|£0||
|Other monetary assets||£0|
|Assets retained for the charity’s own use|||
|N/A|||
|Liabilities||£0|



These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by: 

Signed ____Lucy Spence_________ Dated _15th April 2024__________ 

Lucy Spence, Chair of Trustees 

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## Triratna Buddhist Community (Nottingham) Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 

## 1. Receipts & payments accounts 

Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand. 

## 2. Grants & donations 

£ Sundry Grants & donations 0 

## 3. Premises 

|remises|||
|---|---|---|
|||£|
|Council tax|0||
|Utilities & servicing|0||
|Maintenance & repairs|0||
||0||



## 4. Debtors & prepayments 

|ebtors & prepayments|||
|---|---|---|
|||£|
|Payroll & professional service|0||
|Support costs (salaries)||0|
|Bank interest||0|
|Prepayment: Insurance|0||
|||0|
|reditors|||
|||£|
|Independent examination fee||0|
|Support costs (HMRC)|0||
|||0|



## 5. Creditors 

## 6. Premises 

The CIO owns no premises at the moment. 

## 7. Trustees’ remuneration 

No trustees receive any remuneration.