|Council Members|Dr P Groves|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Sandra Turner|(Suryagupta),|Chair|||
||Ms C Edwards|||||
||Mr DWaterston|||||
||Mr0 Brock|||||
||Ms JWeiss|||||
||Ms H Murray|||||
||Dr D Showman|||||
||Mr G Miller|||(Appointed|on 14February 2023)|
||Mr R Mains|||(Appointed|on 24 May 2022)|
||Ms H Burgess|||(Appointed|on 20June 2023)|
|Charity Number|233420|||||
|Auditor|Saffery LLP|||||
||StCatherine's|Court||||
||Berkeley Place|||||
||Clifton|||||
||Bristol|||||
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|Bankers|Lloyds Bank|||||
||70-71Cheapside|||||
||London|||||
||EC2V 6EN|||||
||Triodos Bank|||||
||11The Promenade|||||
||Clifton|||||
||Bristol|||||
||BS83NN|||||
||Clydesdale<br>Bank PLC|||||
||London|||||
||SW1Y4ND|||||
|Solicitors|Edward Harte|&Co||||
||6 Pavilion<br>Parade|||||
||Brighton|||||
||East Sussex|||||
||BN1 1RA|||||





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|Council Members'<br>report|||3-6|
|Statement ofCouncil|Members'|responsibilities||
|Independent<br>Auditor's|report||8-11|
|Statement of Financial|Activities||12|
|Balance Sheet|||13|
|Statement ofCash Flows|||14|
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|Donations<br>and legacies||||769,524|27,552|797,076|266,076|
|Charitable<br>activities||||1,159,979||1,159,979|992,786|
|Trading activities —shops||||257,182||257,182|246,371|
|Investments||||15,600||15,600|15,600|
|Total income||||2,202,285|27,552|2,229,837|1,520,833|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||||
|Raising funds -shops running||costs||188,261||188,261|179,873|
|Charitable<br>activities||||1,463,268|6,994|1,470,262|1,180,462|
|Total resources expended||||1,651,529|6,994|1,658,523|1,360,335|
|Net Gain/(losses)<br>on Investment|||||||11,000|
|Net (expenditure)/income|for|the||||||
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|Net movement<br>in funds||||550,756|20,558|571,314|171,498|
|Fund balances at 1April 2022||||3,935,829|13,051|3,948,880|3,777,382|
|Fund balances at31March|2023|||4,486,585|33,609|4,520,194|3,948,880|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Fixed assets||||||||||
|Tangible assets|||15|||3,783,352|||3,824,231|
|Investment<br>properties|||16|||567,000|||567,000|
|||||||4,350,352|||4,391,231|
|Cunent assets||||||||||
|Stocks|||17|19,904|||21,289|||
|Debtors due within one year|||18|649,930|||37,254|||
|Cash at bank and in hand||||802,551|||920,603|||
|||||1,472,385|||979,146|||
|Creditors:<br>Amounts|falling due|||||||||
|within one year|||19|(215,287)|||(239,318)|||
|Net current assets||||||1,257,098|||739,828|
|Total assets less current||liabilities||||5,607,450|||5,131,059|
|Creditors:<br>Amounts|faglng due|||||||||
|after more than one|year||20|||(1,087,256)|||(1,182,179)|
|Net assets||||||4,520,194|||3,948,880|
|Income funds||||||||||
|Restricted funds|||23|||33,609|||13,051|
|Designated<br>funds|||24|3,250,140|||3,249,684|||
|General unrestricted|funds|||1,236,445|||686,145|||
|||||||4,486,585|||3,935,829|
|Total Funds||||||4,520,194|||3,948,880|





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|Cash flows from operating|activities|||||||||
|Cash generated<br>from operations|||30|||33,641|||2,583,774|
|Investing activities||||||||||
|Purchase oftangible fixed|assets|||(60,071)|||(2,342,982)|||
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|Net cash used in investing|actlvltles|||||||||
|Financing activities||||||||||
|Repayment<br>ofbank loans||||(91,622)|||(96,324)|||
|Net cash used in financing|activities|||||(91,622)|||(96,324)|
|||||||(118,052)|||144,468|
|Net Increase in cash and cash equivalents||||||||||
|Cash and cash equivalents|at beginning|of|year|||920,603|||776,135|
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|Donations|179,524|27,552|207,076|
|For the year ended 31March 2023|769,524|27,552|797,076|
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|Donations|249,523|16,553|266,076|
|Forthe year ended 31March 2022|249,523|16,553|266,076|





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||||||||||funds|funds|
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||Shop income||||||||257,182|246,371|
||Incoming resources from|||||charitable|activities - analysis|by activities|||
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||London Buddhist Centre events||||||||234,668|216,642|
||Breathing Space||||||||97,901|87,284|
||Retreat Centre events||||||||464,708|337,886|
||Properties|and Residential||||communities|||362,702|350,974|
||||||||||1,159,979|992,786|
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||Investment|property-||rental income|||||15,600|15,600|
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||Shop running||costs||||||49,476|36,701|
||Staff costs||||||||98,217|104,383|
||Support and||governance||costs||||40,568|38,789|
||Fundraising||and publicity||||||188,261|179,873|





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|||2023<br>f|2022f|
|---|---|---|---|
|Grants|to institutions|||
|Trlratna|Buddhist Order Central|34,035|35,680|
|Abhayaratna<br>Trust|||14,200|
|Krakow|Buddhist Centre|11,985||
|Future|Dharma<br>Fund|8,568||
|Tlratanakola||4,565||
|Other grants under f2,000each||7,023|3,497|
|||66,176|53,377|
|Grants|to Individuals|10,000||
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|upport c|osts||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Support|Governance|2023|2022|Basis ofallocation|
|||costsf|costsf||||
|Depreciation||58,950||58,950|56,649|Staff time on activity|
|Postage and stationery||848||848|947|Staff time on activity|
|ITcosts||16,033||16,033|15,640|Stafftime on activity|
|Bank charges||8,304||8,304|6,353|Stafftime on activity|
|Telephone<br>Travel||3,003<br>16,679||3,003<br>16,679|3,387<br>6,537|Staff time on activity<br>staff time on activity|
|Sundry expenses||8,536||8,536|1,194|Staff time on activity|
|Insurance||33,960||33,960|30,475|Staff time on activity|
|Interest payable||55,136||55,136|40,887|Stafftime on activity|
|Audit fees|||15,150|15,150|12,350|Governance|
|Legal and|professional||||||
|fees|||24,882|24,882|24,496|Governance|
|||201,449|40,032|241,481|198,915||
|Analysed|between||||||
|Fundraising||33,843|6,725|40,568|48,222||
|Charitable|activities|167,606|33,307|200,913|150,693||
|||201,449|40,032|241,481|198,915||





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|The average monthly<br>number ofemployees<br>during|the year was:||
|---|---|---|
||2023|2022|
||Number|Number|
|LBCcharity shops|||
|London Buddhist centre events|||
|Breathing space|||
|Retreat centre events|||
|Buddhist communities|||
|Support|||
|Governance|||
||32|30|
|Employment<br>costs|||
||2023|2022|
||6|6|
|Wages and salaries|510,384|473,898|
|Social security costs|31,440|26,483|
|Other pension costs|41,091|36,088|
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|angible fixed assets||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Freehold|Rxtures|Motor|Total|
|||land and|and|vehicles||
|||buildings|equipment|||
|||6|6|||
|Cost||||||
|At 1April 2022||4,513,103|142,918|11,911|4,667,932|
|Additions||49,626|8,945|1,500|60,071|
|Dlsposals|||(10,100)||(10,100)|
|At31March 2023||4,562,729|141,763|13,411|4,717,903|
|Depreciation<br>and impairment||||||
|At 1April 2022||734,266|100,127|9,308|843,701|
|Depreciation<br>charged|In the year|85,282|12,315|3,353|100,950|
|Eliminated<br>on disposal|||(10,100)||(10,100)|
|At31March 2023||819,548|102,342|12,661|934,551|
|Carrying amount||||||
|At31March 2023||3,743,181|39,421|750|3,783,352|
|At31March 2022||3,778,837|42,791|2,603|3,824,231|





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|---|---|---|
|Fair value|||
|At 1April 2022||567,000|
|Net gains or losses through|fair value adjustments||
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|---|---|---|---|
|||2023|2022|
|Finished goods and goods resale||19,904|21,289|
|Debtors||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year:||||
|||2023|2022|
|Trade debtors||4,450|5,730|
|Other debtors||621,460|29,799|
|Prepayments|and accrued income|24,020|1,725|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2023|2022|
|||Notes|||
|Bankloans||21|102,638|99,337|
|Other taxatlon|and social security||717|7,685|
|Deferred Income|||68,834|63,349|
|Other creditors|||12,590|11,489|
|Accrvals|||30,508|57,458|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||Notes|||
||Bankloans|21|1,087,256|1,182,179|
||||1,087,256|1,182,179|
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||||2023|2022|
||||6|6|
||Bank loans||1,189,894|1,281,516|
||||1,189,894|1,281,516|
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||Payable after one year||1,087,256|1,182,179|





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|Carrying|amount|ofRnancial|assets||||
|Debt instruments||measured|at amortised|cost|649,929|36,007|
|Carrying|amount|offinancial|liabgities||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||||1April 2022<br>f|resources<br>f|expended<br>F.|31March 2023<br>f|
|Triratna|Buddhist|Order|India|3,884|||4,333|
|Ratnasambhava||Fund||9,167|320|(6,994)|2,493|
|Mandala|Caff||||20,783||20,783|
|Navakula|Kitchen||||6,000|||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Balance at|Transfers|Balance at|Transfers|Balance at|
|||1April 2021||1April 2022||31March 2023|
|||||6|6|E|
|Fixed assets|fund|854,000|2,297,894|3,151,894|8,564|3,160,458|
|Major repairs reserve||60,000|4,616|64,616|(8,117)|56,499|
|Residential|||||||
|community|fund|26,844|6,330|33,174||33,183|
|||940,844|2,308,840|3,249,684|456|3,250,140|





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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Fund balances at 31March 2023are represented|by:|6|6|6|
|Tangible assets||3,783,352||3,783,352|
|Investment<br>properties||567,000||567,000|
|Current assets/(liabilities)||1,223,489|33,609|1,257,098|
|Long term liabilities||(1,087,256)||(1,087,256)|
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|Cash|at bank and|in hand|920,603|(118,052)|802,551|
|Loans|falling due|within one year|(99,337)|(3,301)|(102,638)|
|Loans|falling due|after more than one year|(1,182,179)|94,923|(1,087,256)|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||2023|2022|
||||||f|f|
|(Deficit)/surplus<br>forthe year|||||571,314|171,498|
|Adjustments<br>for:|||||||
|Loss on disposal ofRxed assets||||||1,004|
|Depreciation<br>and impairment|of|tangible fixed assets|||100,950|97,482|
|Fair value adjustment<br>ofInvestment|||property|||(11,000)|
|Movements<br>in working capita|h||||||
|Decrease /(increase)in<br>stocks|||||1,385|(11,037)|
|Decrease/(Increase)<br>In debtors|||||(612,676)|2,253,171|
|(Decrease)/increase<br>In creditors|||||(32,817)|17,663|
|(Decrease) / increase<br>in deferred||income|||5,485|64,993|
|Cash generated<br>from operations|||||33,641|2,583,774|
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|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||||funds|funds||
|||||2022<br>f|2022f|2022<br>f|
|Income from:|||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||249,523|16,553|266,076|
|Charitable<br>activities||||992,786||992,786|
|Trading activities -shops||||246,371||246,371|
|Investments||||15,600||15,600|
|Total Income||||1,504,280|16,553|1,520,833|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Raising funds -shops running|costs|||179,873||179,873|
|Charitable<br>activities||||1,150,527|29,935|1,180,462|
|Total resources expended||||1,330,400|29,935|1,360,335|
|Net Gain/(losses)<br>on Investment||||11,000||11,000|
|Net (expenditure)/income<br>for the|||year/||||
|Net movement<br>in funds||||184,880|(13,382)|171,498|
|Fund balances at 1April 2021||||3,750,949|26,433|3,777,382|
|Fund balances at 31March 2022||||3,935,829|13,051|3,948,880|



