2023-11-30-accounts

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 01.12.2022 To 30.11.2023 Charlty nam8: London Buddhist Vlhara Trust Charfty r¢gi$Trauon numl)er: 1192864 Objactlves and Activitles Summary of the purpo8es of ¢h8 charity a5 S81 out In 118 overnin document Summary ol the main activities in r&lalion lo th088 purposes f¢y the publ¢ benefit, in particular, the a¢livi1108, prqeds or 8rvic&s ￿ertI￿1ed in the accounts. Stalement confimiirvj whether the tru$ttse3 have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission ¢)n publ btsnefit P￿1 1.17 The thancement of the Buddhist r•lKJion for ine pu￿ Denefli In sucn ways as tne trust￿$ m frtyn b.me to lime de¢ide. In lurtheran¢e of the above object bul not otheThise. the trustees shall carry out proper and effectual administrath'¢)n and management ol the London Buddhist Vihara is ¢ondu¢ling varK)u$ programs for Ihe benefrt of the public and workin with other charrties. The trustees have had regard lo the gu￿anCe issu8d by tho Chartty CtynmIss￿n on public bene P4rn 1.I7•J P¥• 1.1# Addftlonal Inforni•tkn {optlonall Youm chotsse to include further statements where rnlevanl ab)ut P• 1.36 Policy on grant making Policy on social rnvaslment including program r¢lated inv0$tsn¢nt P•a 1.3B Conlribulhin made by voluntaars Other

Achievements and Perforniance The ch8nty has conducted programs. lectures and dasses on Buddhism, mèditation, mindTrJlness etc. that ￿neffted many p￿pIe. Some beneficiaries are r8guL4r attendees and the othws folkyw thè program$ conducted online. There is also 8 Sunday School for thildien. It Is a Place of Worship wthere peopltr also benefit frc discussing their issuès wth the monks and ong themsefvos. 11 also facilitates visit8 frcn schools in COnnect￿n with tho cuffulum. L8V is a founder member of the Interfaf(h Ne￿¢￿( ol UK actively PgrtKipating in events ￿ the benefit of th SOC￿ ￿ live In. Summary of the main achievements of the charity, idenlfying tha drffèrence the charity's wod¢ has made lo P¥a i. benef￿larieS and any wid•r benefrt8 to 80¢￿ty 3$ ¥ who￿. Addltlonal Inforniatlon loptlonall You ma choose to include further statements whore ￿￿VaTht atr4JJt Achievements again$t 04'¢ctiv88 sat P••1AI Performance of fundraising a¢livrtie8 ag8inst ot¥'8ctN88 Invèstment performance against ot4'ectives P•¥ 1.41 Oth•r

Financial Review Review of the ¢hartys fin8TICI81 posrtion at the end of the eriod ststement explaining the policy for holding reserve5 slating why they are he P¥ 1.21 The charity managed to meèt thè expensas c￿nIOrtabty and carry forward a S￿￿U8. PWJ 1.22 As the charity is depen￿nt on donatK)n$. important tr) hold reserves to ensurtr that rt Can continue to meet the nsès al limes. £100,000 NIA Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund matsriallv in deficrt Explanation ol any un¢ert8inlies about the charity continu¢ng as a going con¢fjrn 1.22 Pwa 1.22 P¥•124 NIA P¥a 1.25 No such uncertainty Addltionl Inf•miatlon loptlon41) You ma choose io include further stslemenls ¥ther• r8thnt about. Donatrons by supportws Thè charity's princijal sources of fund$ lin¢luding any fundraising) 1.47 Investsnent policy and objectives including any social investrnent policy adopted P¥4 1.46 A deKription of the principal p￿1.48 risks faang tha chavity Other

Structure, Governance and Management Descriw'on of charitys trusts.. The London Buddhist Irihara Trust was Created to manage the London Buddhist Vihara which is a Place of Worship that o)nducts Programs for the benefft of the ublic. Trust dead Type of governing document P•3 1.25 How is the charity ¢onstrtuted? P*a 1.25 Unineofporatsd trust '.IleJ Trustee selectKsn m•lhc•Js including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. eleCt￿n to post or name of any person or body entthd to appoint one or rnore P•¥ 1.Z Trust￿$ arn s818ctad basod on marit and their ccwnmitment lo act in the best interest of the LBV without any conflict of int8fesL They must btr UK tit￿￿n$. The LBV Trust has the sole authonty lo appoint new tru$tee$. reappoint existing trusl898 And to r£￿0v8 Ihgm. AddStlon•l Inlomi•tlon l¢ption•ll You ma Choose to include lurther statements where Televanl about Poliue$ and procedures adopted for the induction and training of Irusle The charity's organisational Structure and any wder nèfviork with whth th¢ Charity works Pw• 1.61 R•lation8hip with any rolatod parties P•¥ 1.51 Oth•r Reference and Adminlstratlve details Chari nama Other name the ¢h8r istered chari number Charity's prinripal address London Buddhist Vihara Tnjst LBV 8ndlor LBV Trust 1192854 The Avenue Chiswd( London W4 1UD

Nam9¥ of tho charity tru¥t¢g8 who managg the charity Trustee Nama of p8r8on lor body) entitled to * olni trust0 on LBV Tnjst Mr Gafnini Amar8seker8 Chair Mr Sudanta Abeyakoon Dr Lakdasa Hernachand Panagoda Mr Wewage Leslie Patrid( Dep Dr Nihal Anurakum8r Weerasena 01.12.2022 to 03.11.2023 LBV Trust Contact LBV Trust LBV Trust 01.12.2022 to 03.11.2023 LBV Trust 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Co rate Irustee$- names of the directors at the dats the Dlrector nam• rtwas Name of tnjstees hokling titkn to propety ￿￿nging to thg charity Trustee Datts aded il nthforTNtho

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets None held in this capacty N8me and objects of the chanty on whose behalf the assets are held and hiyw this falls within the custodkin charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assols from the charity's own assets Add5tlonal Inforniatlon loptlon*ll N4rn￿ and liddr￿•• of •dvl¥¥r¥ Ioylluiwl Inform•tlon Typ• of N•m• Addr•88 advl••r N•m• of chb•f •x•cutlv• or n•mM ol ￿nIOr 8taff m•mb•rn {Optlonal Infr)rniatlonl Exemptions from dlsclosure Reason for nor￿dI8d08Ur8 of k nnel detai15 Other o 1Sonal inforniation

Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. roport above. Sign•d on b•half of th• charity'8 tru8tO08 Signature(s) Full nam8(s) Position leg Secretary, Chair, atc) amini Amarasekera Dr Lakdasa Panagoda Chair Contact Dats 22.08.2024

Charity number: 1192854 LoNL￿ BUDD￿ST VIHARAIRUST FOR TrIE YEAR ENDED 30n112W23 Pr•p•r•d By: VRNSACC(WNTANfsLTD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 7fy72WCTORWROhD HM

FINANCIAL STATEIIENTS FOR TrE YEARENDED31111112023 LONDON BUODHISTVIHARA TRUST ILBVTRi RE￿STERED oFF￿E DHARIAAPALA BUILDING THE AVENUE BEDFORD PK, f.HlqWlf.K. I nNnnN W41UD ACCIJUNTANTS ASHBURNSACCOUNTANTS LTD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 7fh72VICTOR14ROAD HM OAH

LONtKIN BUDDHISTVIHARA TIYJST FOR THE YEAR ENDED ))H112023 COIITENTS Independonl EywniTh)rn Slalwrnrt 8#Lfjnca Shwt Tn page 2

DEPENDEFIT EXAIlI￿SREPoRT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3W1112023 INDEPENDENTEXAIAINERS REpoKf TQTHE TRUSTEES OF LQNDON BUDDIIIST VIHARA TRUSTILBVTRusrfr I report to the trustees on my examwlion r4 Ihe Kco¢Jnts for the year endèJ 30 Wemter 2021 Rétsk¥)nbWlties and ba￿501 rewt.. aving sab5hed myseK aru4rts of Iho LBV 8re ncl lo be are ew br htrtspend￿t ex8mlnatbon. I report in r•sPQCt ol my ¢xaminatrm Ol￿r charny uThJ8r 145 of the Ch¥ile8 A¢1 2011 I'lhe 2011 Aci'i. In ¢anying oui myex8min8tK¥) I hab lh8 DI￿9￿0￿ by CL¥nrrw55K￿Ur￿￿[s0c￿0￿ 145(Sl Ibl oflhe 2011 IndependenteMrnlrnrfJ1ate￿ I hav0¢wnp￿I0d myeurnknalkjn. l Gryffirmtr•trK+nthrnh￿ ryyr•toryott0nlknkn¢>y￿￿thtr8WnIn8tk)n ￿¥br￿ll Theau88 In hAliwo Ihat. l. Iho accounbry records wore kerrt Sn few rnwKod bylho Ch￿￿#&A¢ 2011: ¢ 3. Iha attounts do C￿npty ilh tho 8¢c4x￿￿ng ryuwern￿ts of undw IhB 2011 othor th•n •Thy r•quk•m•nt th• acwunts givo a'lnje and tsk whth L8 not a m8tsrcon8K18r•J 88PQrt knY•rWJ￿l ex8mlnaikn". or Iecounbng and reporknry by th&rilley. I hBv• no rA)nr•Jms ha￿¢￿ lth thaexwwtkn ai18niicffj In th r8P)rt in ordori08nable a propat urvJBrtbn(ngollh• lo b• r• RESPECTNE RESPONSIBILmE8 OF TRUSTEESAND exAWNER The trug1••5 ar• r•sponslbl• for Ihe prep8r8i¥Jn of 8e¢(wnts. trutsiees cw¥wJBr th818n audrf ¢5 nol required for yw under sec1[￿ 144121 ol the ChadlS88 2011 lihe 2011 Acll w¥J It￿1 an W)uKYenl 15 reeded. The chadvs 9ross Ir(omo did not ¢x¢¢•d t150.(￿ and l arn 10 U￿art￿•the &xaThMnabon by bevJ mèmberol ICAEW. H8vlw sal￿￿ my8eW thatthe wJbiecttr audll LTrjBr￿ (knUesN42011 IseYaibl6trx 1ndy￿nI oyAmknaVon, il 18 my r•spuwbdityto'. . examine th• accowts vndw sothD 145 2011 Nrt . prLXtt1Ur#￿ ormm In iMg8wowecK•)$ 9MI Dyin•cii•iiy 1W)M>iorme zoi I prt ana . stai? whatherpa￿CuIar m•tttys h•Ye￿ry lo rry•thJntkn

LONtM)N BUDDHISTVHARAIRLL8T FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 3Wt1r2023 BASIS OF INDEPENDEITh EW•NERS STATEfdEI Myexamlneti￿￿ascar[I0d ￿j11￿a￿x￿￿a￿ilhs￿￿oyecl￿Sw lrylheCharityCun¢v455l￿. AnexaminatK>ll indudes a revi&Y oftr8cCoun￿Thj keplbyib6c8rtyand aoThpar￿0ltt attoJnis w#￿1d¥￿th1￿fwd$. ttal80inc4￿88C0ns11er8li0n of any unusual item5 or d￿d0S￿reS in Ihe ac¢x>unts. and exPkna1￿￿ Iram yw as INslees COn￿mil¥j any such rnatters. The wocedures undertaken do noi woww16￿1 th&trvwJ8rtt th81 bts rt4Lyfd Jn8n and Th) Opin￿ Is ￿Ven as whBlherihe arxounts we5ent3.1￿ aThJ I￿ry￿and1h8 rwits knitfftl IDlIKMmDttfj￿s&1¢mrt￿Tr the stal8mentt)Bkw. INDEpeMDENTEXAMINeR8 STATEMENT In conn8th￿ vhth my examinakn. no mailerhas tory att￿￿￿. 111 which gives me lo thpi rBsr4r4 thB - 10 keBp %ttyJnting rottords in attwJarK• the Chaii&Bs AGt 2011., aTrJ 2011 andvlilh thom6lkJs8nd ￿T￿lp188£￿tha SI￿￿101R￿n￿)￿&j Pr•..AcCtyJn￿￿ and Rwrbng by Chanti85 ha¥8 Th)t been mel.. (K 121 lo my01￿. 8ltwrfkJn SWJ b6th81Thth it aL¥)Mt8 to bè Tr8ctsJ. S•llm S A H•Jl FCA ASHBURNSACCOUNTANTSLTD CHARTEREOACCOUNTANTS 7LL72 v￿TORIA ROAD Do10.' 25th J￿Y 2024

Tc441 Toi•l Incorn• In¢xne from gwratJ fun0& Donations and lega¢s Total In¢om• and Exp•hi•¥ Costs ofgenerndrJ f￿d5 ExpendiLurn on Rol￿ luNts Expend￿)re onCh0rllaalft4ciN Total Expen 197. 1974 197.884 197,884 98.573 98,5n 4.517 70.394 75234 75,234 89.888 N•t 1216SO 8.70S N•tmtsv•m•rbtlhfLW￿: N•t Ine4)m•fovth• y• TotsIlU￿fj8 browhl 14•tlund• ¢*rf•d forYrt 716 217.366 94.716 217.306 10,011 94,710

LONDON BUDDHISTVHARA TRUST BALANCE SHW AT 30111r2023 202Z CURRENT ASSETS D8blors18mounls f8ffng du8wllhln cTh y Cash at DanK In harKI 234 318.115 195.735 CREDITORS: Amounts f•lllry du•wlthln on• yw NET CURRENT ASSErs TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LL481LmES 317.Igxi 194,540 NET ASSETS 317.190 194,540 CAPITAL AND RESERVES Unr••irfGt•d lynda 8818nGe brought fiJrwd ID•fitsii I for y 191,540 185,83S 317.1￿) 194,540 The LoThYon 8udOhlst Mhar8 trust aCmo￿ tts rJJiWylw f8qulr¥mtWI ￿ the Acl wth reBP8Ct >)

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IIOTESTOTHEAccouFirs FOR THE YEAR ENDE030111n023 1. UNREST￿ED Ful￿5 Tr4rw•rn ttArrlAd IDoflcllll su￿￿$for￿• Balance brought I￿rd 197.884 175.2341 122.650 191.540 197.884 [75.2341 317,1

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2022 o•t$ OfG•ndr•llng vr)￿nI•ry￿￿D• Fe$)v81 expenses 4.517 4,517 4.840 4.517 Charfla￿e kntivthe¥ Heahh and s81ety Water 8Tkl l&x Ir￿u￿n￿8 HeBI and Ighl Cbanin9 Bu1￿ing01p¢rrf1S HIM.C￿1r$ts8 ExamfoèA Accr¥Jntancy f808 Po8iag8 4.729 9.179 5.345 37,081 11.434 1.175 1.118 T818ph￿0 FUMI￿re end Eq Subscfjpu MonkJ' wellar• Bank th9ryJa$ mlnbsifalH 68nko¥ordraftch8rge• Motor& Trnvel Sundryexpw 2269 1,319 &257 645 7,179 351 12974 1,746 13,704 70,394 1,1 4,830 85.351 75234 89,868

DEPENOENTEXAIIINEREREPORT FOR THE YEARENDED W1112023 INDEPEt40ENTEXAMINERS REPCWNToThe TrUSTeES OF LONDON BUi)DHISTNINAPA TRUST ILBV TRusri I report to the Iruslees en my examlnaiify) ot th¢ ￿YrIts fty ye¥ e￿j￿j 30 2023. Respon¥bUltye¥ ond Wsof repyL Bving sats5hed mysell of LBV are not rwu8¢1 to be are d¥lt4e fc¢ Inderwdenl I rgport in re5POGt of my exeMinat￿ r8rbly'8 88 c4rW wpjer 8atK1 145 of th& Chadti88 Ati 2011 I'lhe 2011 AGI'I. In ¢aFrylng out myoX8mlno1kn I h8% t￿011￿1￿¥9￿￿n Dyth•ChkntyC(Mnm8ion uio8r Bo￿On 14515}{bioltI)& 2011 I havfyrompknled myexomhiakn. l(tffjlknithaiMmlorn Pthwitsx￿ryaiIat)i￿[ThlJTh&￿knWIlhthQQXsmlnot￿gMr￿Jrntr¢a Its bèllwè that. 1 thft Nrrniintino r•rnnl wAr• rw)t in Ar4 ￿11.. 2. th• accounts do Th)18ccrxd wth r￿￿1.. C 3. Iha accwnls do ￿1 ilh tho wA￿￿ting w)dar th• Ch1￿. ￿l14th thn )y rwulrMnl o¢ry)untsgive o'lwe and foir fv ¥thKh is amBtterCornyd￿j 88 PWto1￿ kndeFthl examSnakn'. or •¢ry)unttng4n¢ reportlry by¢herity￿. I h8v• no tA)nC•ms8r￿ haTrMrrn8tyr•Br&) c41vn￿te1s totAI attentknn té thwn In th18 r•FKJrt in ordw to•natA¢ 8 wop8ruThlorsbndingofthe to ￿ roK RE8PECTIVE RE8POMSIBILrrEs OF TRUSTEESANO EMAIIINER Th• truit••8 41• r•Ptsnil4• lor lh• pr•parakn ol th• a¢counlK that an AU￿11 1$ Dot r•quir•J frJr this y•ar und•r s¢¢tlon 144121 the ChpriJos kt 2011 (the 2011 that 8n IThJ8F￿Trl exaTr)8ilon B neaded. Tr ¢h8rfV8 wos8 Incorfrd rtiA Mt f ?VI.1￿ 18rn <￿￿K￿dI0 th••xK•ffvi¥i•yI byb•w * m4thb•rof ICJEW. H•vlw myseifth81 the ch8rtty bTrJt8ubJ8¢11O18uthith1¥i￿ CthtirititsAth2011 i#e¥iFAB fur *xIft￿r￿mtim. il is my r¢$p(xwNtyto.' - examlM the ac£tyJnts Stic￿n 145 offv 2011 . fdbwthe procedures L8kldNn in thègenÈro1 trrfth•CknrItyCcfft￿knU￿11KtsOn 145ISXblofthe2011 * and . $¢pio I￿￿erp￿r￿￿jK1r h￿¢{￿

FOR THEYE4R ENDED3•111fJJ23 BAeiB OF INDEPENOEMTEMkl4ERS BTATEvmir MyomominationvMtsr￿rricd oth inaoorthr#xwithg¢n¢rOlL￿11￿¥V¢n bylh¢¢horty¢omM￿￿.l¥￿¢MQrnI￿tiQn ￿clUd00￿r0W1jW ollheaccourTrbngrecortr5 keptbylhechantywd 8 ￿par￿n ofth8XtrMJnts pr858ntsdwith th￿r￿￿5. Itakn1thesconsideration rf kny unuoud it&mE or diEcIDwroo aocthnlÉ. and ￿P￿S11tinÈ Irom rnÉt￿ crffiEorning Any Éueh matt&r&. The proceduresundertaken do notSYOVKle a¥lhp evKknKelhatwYxJlU be requirwj in an andrd(xwiuerfy noownim 15gwen as INDEPENDENTEXAMINERS STATEMENT In conn¥on my examinalth. nomattarh¥c•n•trmy aifontiDfL" 111 whi¢h giv¥8 m8 Ca￿ ID Ihat ￿ ry Irthi￿ 148P¢I . lo keep acwjntsng r￿L¥￿$ In the CWti8sPa 2011: 8TrJ 2¢11 ondwith th•m•lhvJ&aDd prinGiFk&ofth*QlakniwdClRwnn￿￿j Pr4rkn•." and Rwrb'Tr4 byChJritkn4 fvav• not been met.. or 121104thkh, In myoth. ¥lbxal bo In a kWrwrLnkn¥knj￿ offv aD)xfftts to bo 8allm S A Hall FCA ASHBURNSACCOUFITAMTSLTD CHARTEREOACCOUNTANTS 7t>72 VfTQRIA R¢)AO IA4 OAkl Do19.' 25W 2024