# HULL BUDDHIST CENTRE FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1217022
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 26, 2026
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1217022


## Contact

- **Address:** 85 HARDY STREET, HULL
- **Postcode:** HU5 2PJ
- **Phone:** 07490930505
- **Email:** hullbuddhistcentre2024@gmail.com
- **Website:** https://hullbuddhistcentre.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN HULL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A PLACE OF WORSHIP WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE, CEREMONIES, AND PRACTICES;2. OFFERING GUIDANCE, INSTRUCTION, AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT IN MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, AND RELATED CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING;3. PROMOTING SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND ETHICAL LIVING BY ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF BUDDHIST TEACHINGS, PHILOSOPHY, VALUES, AND TRADITIONS THROUGH TALKS, CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, AND STUDY SESSIONS;4. NURTURING SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING, COMMITMENT, AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG PRACTITIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE WIDER COMMUNITY THROUGH REGULAR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, PASTORAL SUPPORT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT;5. PROVIDING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, INCLUDING SUNDAY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, CLASSES, AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, TO SUPPORT UNDERSTANDING OF BUDDHISM AND ITS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS

**Activities:** To advance the Buddhist religion in Hull and surrounding areas by providing a place of worship, facilitating meditation and mindfulness practices, organising religious teachings and community activities, supporting spiritual and mental wellbeing, and providing Buddhist religious education for children, young people, and the wider community.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England




## Trustees

- **Rev Wimalajeewa Anamaduwe** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 20, 2024
- Chaminda Niranjan Abeykoon — appointed May 24, 2025
- Dingirige Wanigarathna Bandara — appointed Jan. 20, 2024
- E Mudiyanselage Dhanushke Ekanayake — appointed Jan. 20, 2024
- Krishan Manjula Sulthanagoda Manage — appointed Jan. 20, 2024
- Mahesh Asanka Piyasena — appointed Jan. 20, 2024
- Nadeera Kahatapiti — appointed Jan. 20, 2024
- Ranasinghe Mudiyanselage Upesh Nirmal Kulatunge — appointed Nov. 14, 2025
- Sanjeewani Vithanage Hunt — appointed Jan. 20, 2024