The Buddhist Society Trust
(A Company Limi*d by GU￿antee)
Report of the Trustees and unaudited
financial stalements
for the year ended 30 April 2025
Regislered Company number 00854151
Registered Charity number 294198

THE BUDDHIST socIErY TRUST
Rqxvt of IhL Tru51ces and unaudiied finJncial slatLmenis
30 April 2025
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED M APRIL 2025
RL[￿ ofthe Tru51eL'S
2105
Independent EX￿Iner s RLPI)rt
Siaiemeni of Finan¢ial AL-liviliLS
Balan¢e Sheel
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N()w's io ihL Financial StatLm¢nts
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ReEisierLN1 Company iX)854151
RegisierL'd Chariiy Nurt￿￿[ 294198

TIIE BbDDHI4T ￿l￿Ty TRUST
R¢wprt oftheTrnswu a￿j unaudiW finaneial siatemenis
30 April 21125
REPORT OF THE TRUSTELS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2015
Thc Irustees who ar¢ al.lo dircciors of IhL Lkniiy fnr ihL' pur[￿5 uf ihe Companies A¢L4 2(K)6. preseni
Lhcir ieEx7n wilh th¢ financial sldlLmLni.% ()r ilK' Lhariiy for ended 10 April 2025. The Ituslees
have adopied pr()Visions of IhL si4ilLmLni nf RcCnm￿￿nded PrdLtLL¢ ISORPI iwplicable acLouniing
.qandar<ls. ThL aicounts havL Ix'Ln prLPiirLxl nn an ongoing b&sis. lThe Chariiy the d¢finilion (?I' a
public k"ncfil eniiiy undLr FRSIO2.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATtVE DETAIIS
Registered Company number
onx54151 IEnbTldnd lind Wales)
Registered Cbarity number
294198
Registered office
-1.1 KLDway Road
Larjdon
SW5 ORP
Trnstees
R camp￿17 IChJirl
Dr D R Biddulph CBE
E MuirhLad Ir¢sibTned 22 Ik-IviK'r 20241
P Halliday 1gppointLMI l Mdy 2024}
A SmidK'rs lapp()inIL￿ 16 Augusi 2024)
CompAny Secretary
P A Williams
Accounlants
IndLkKndLni EKamin¥rs Lld
The Grain S￿r
Hill% B￿Ths
ApplLdram Lane.Suuih
Chichesier
WLSI Sus%x
PO?0 7EG
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing do¢un￿t
ThL Lhariiy is controlled by ils govLtning d(Lun￿.￿lS. d dLLd of Iru%l and ils M¥mornndum and Anicle
ot AssLKiati()n and coll51ilulc5 a LC)mp&ny limiiLd hy guaranlLX dL'finL4J by ihc Companies Aci$ 2(kn.
Recrnitment and appointn*nt of new trustees
Any new appÉiinlmcn15 ar¢ al ihL rLLC)mmLnddiiL)n i)f IIK" IKiard.
Induction and training of Dtw trustees
All ncw tru.%t¥¢S gi&Ln. in ihL VILW ol. I1￿ tN)aid. %utricicni iraining and havc cThough kllijwlcdge of
thrir s￿lI11L fiLld io undLrsiand IhL naiurL of IhL' chariiy aNI fully ¢ornply with thc ¢hariiiLS curreni
VjLW& of Lls progrL551()n. ThL'y <llL nY4uinyJ 10 ￿. awarL' f>t' h(>ih Icgal and piofcssi()nal rL'%winsibiliiies
undLr chariiy and Lompany law.
RL¥ISILtLYI Cumpany numik'r IM18YIS1
ReB151ercd Charity Nun*LY 2Y41911

THE BUDDHIST SOLIEfY TRUS
RcpDrt of ihe TrnsLLYS and Una￿11￿￿ stalen￿ntS
30 April 21)25
REPORT OF THTr. TRUSTEES . coiYfiNuED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
Organizational 5trntture
ThL Lhariiy i% run by LhL board of direc(iJrs and has no full iirnc LmpIoyc¥%.
ReiAted partie5
D R Biddulph and R camp￿11 arL d]rLLI(￿ c)f Th. Buddhist StKieiy. P A Williams. CoJnpany
.ScLrv'iary of Thc Buddhist S(ricly Ttu%i ]% ik. Cornpany sL.crcl(￿ uf The Buddhisi S(Kieiy. Th
Buddhisi Sncicty Trust pr(ividLS lin￿1￿1 as4isthncL io ThL' Buddhist S(Kieiy. chariiy nufflkr 1113705.
Risk management
Thc iruslcc5 havL a duly in idL'niify rLViLW tl* risks io which the ¢harily 15 eXP)5ed tll Lnsure
approprialL Cl)niriJls arL' in placL io pr()VLdL" rea50￿ble ￿su[arKe against fraud and ettLTrr.
OBJECTtV&S. AcllviTILS AND PUBLIC BENEFIT
Charitable Objects
ThL Lliariiy cxisis ID adwanL¥ Ihv LxluLa(ic)n t)f ￿. public in prirt¢ipl¥s of Buddhism and to
Lncourage ￿nd prornule ihc study dt¥J appliLaiion ()f thibL pnn¢iplL5.
Aims 4nd S¢rate%ies to Achieve Objects *ttd Extend Pubiie Benefit
ThL IIU51LX5 L(Infirm Ih(It ihLy have Compl1L￿ with th¢ requirL'n￿￿tS of sLcliiin 17 Of thL ChdriliL.% Aci
2011 i() havL due rLgard io ihe publii IK'nefit guidance publishL￿ hy ihL Charity Commission lor
En&Tlartd and W<ilLs. C)vLr the year, the Iru51¥¢5 Set oui their plans io increasL and tnaximisc IhL valw. of
thu Lharily'S W()rk and asseis tor ihi5 purPTr￿, Identit'ying a nurnk"r of 5trcams vf w()rk iniended i
aLhiLvL ihdi irLr¢ase. The public ben¢li15 deli%'er¢d hy Ihc chariiy's work and plans for ¢urrL'nl ar
I'uiure operaiions are &$ laid down in ihe follnwing sttifton. Achicvcmcnt ar￿ Pcrfnm)anc¥.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Grant ￿￿kIng Activitie5
The Tru.51 made paymL'ni% i0￿11￿ng £173.866 1?024". £110.411) in ihc reEM)rting year. This ioial was
made up of..
L173.8(>6 12024.. £110.41111(7 IhL" Buddhi￿ s￿iLly.
Publishing Activiti
ThL Trusi rLcLivLd i()yaliiLS during ihL year nf 11.651 17024." £¥.I1 I l and made ixKik salLs ()f £4,]
{2024= £1.IIX)). 11 srKni a ioial of £15.h5112024= £18.1)901 on publishing d¢iiviliLS.
The year hds again .%ilCLe4%ful, despiic ihe rcductii)n in ihe indu£iry with wnany indepcndeni
publishers having Leascd publishing due 10 ihc high stthrage and shipping. Thc TJ¢W nornial
f()r publishers 15 print ()n demand whiLh Ihe chariiy is cxploring io save on siordgc fees. il's also
cxploring e-books. Boih of ih¢s¢ L)IMi()ns arc exT￿n￿1v¥ in Ihe markeiplaLe. Thc Buddhi5l Socieiy's
own fTrxlancc puhli4hing unit ha5 t)[￿rating &ilnx).%i cn(irely on d 'renu)￿, basis ever since its
inLcplion .%everal years ￿l'Ore Covid. .%() own work was sC)l￿wha[ less arreL(e41 by ihe
Pdnd¢tnic than thai of many oihcr puhlishing icams. Thcrc was. 1)I' cnurse, huge disrupti()n in a
rallgTe ()I' as4uLi4iied I'unLlions. pn)duLlion. shipping, distribution, retail. Our I{￿U5. therct()rc. in ihe
last twelve months has Iu Lumpleie c)ur work on ihe shortlisi of key forthcoming titlcs.
Thc liilc. 'Housc of Sileni Light,. had rcceival a g(MyJ rcspon.%e in PdniLular wilh Thc New York
Z£n Cen(re. TricyLlc havc FL()w asked iii review li and ih¢ reviewer is Sarah M(KTrn. a higlhly
esLeL'med author Jnd BuddhL51 pfdL(Itiiincr. This (i)m￿l11ng accouni of Ida Russell. pion¢xr of Zen
Buddhism in gilded-a&re AmeriLa. has bccn ¢diied by WaynL Yi)koyarniL and has again bccn wcll-
supp(irtcd by thc SoLiCty s Iradc disin￿lor￿. The Lharily's. 5a1¢5 agcni has dislribu*d this tille in
thc UK and USA.
RL.¥i%1LYL￿ Company nufntKr IMIN_541.$1
RL'¥YsiLfLid Charity Numk'i 294198

TIIF. BLDDHI%T SOCIFfY TRU%T
RLWrt ofihe Trus￿5 unaudi*d fin&r￿la1 SI￿¢￿¢￿1
10 ApTiI 21125
DarLy Plynn'% Buddhism & Worncn rcceived a lull Ihrec pagc gl(Trwingi review in Ihc wcll
restrLted and larbpesl inierndiii)ndl BuddhL5I Thgvdi.inc. Tricyclc this ycar and li continues (o scll in
N()rth ATneriLti and globally.
Still in the puhlishing pl￿11￿C 1.% il ￿111()n of thc BUdhiLaryava[ar￿ ihe 8ih c¢nlury
masicrpieLc wilh a Lor[￿t￿ntary by His Exicllcncy Ringu Tulku RInp(￿he and J new Sanskril
Lfdnsldii()n by Jdmcs Whclan. Mcelings with Ringu Tulku have iakcn placc Ihis year.
A new h(x)k. Thc L£iiers nf sh]nr￿ Sh(Trnin. has Lomplclcd and i5 SCL lu prini. Prol. Rev Kc[T￿Yo
Tairil SaL() is ihe Iranslth()r. li is pMd￿Ced wilh a majority olLvpies pre-sold nc) sloragc l¢¢s.
The luLure is alsn ahout direct sales on ihc charily wchsite dnd trKK>ks i)n dcmand and e-books.
The eihos uf ihe publishing pri)kTraM￿ is long icrni in publishing classic books that scll i)vcr a
period ol. year%. Chiisinw4 HumphrL'yS liilc5 Still scll and inspire many In cxplored and praLIICC
Buddhism.
FINANCIAL RF.VIEW
The FinthnLial S(aiLmLni.% show ll tK'i dLYrL•4L' in funds iTrf£22.79612024-. decr￿se of £59,437) in thL
year aft¢r rcLLiving £257.275 12024- £16?.671 I ll￿l LxEKnding £280,791121)24.. £218.720}. making
toial t￿r￿S C￿lL￿1 lorward 4)f £3,167.()1fi12024.. £3.18Y.832I.
Res¢rvtr policy
ThL Trusi h4LS scl a r¢sLn'L.s rrt)licy thai pr()vidcs finanLial s￿b]lItY and the fur ik. d¢velopm¥ni
of lis priniipal acliviliL% ongoing huildiTbg mtsinien￿L. li requires ￿n[dInIng IrL'L Lash bdldtlLLS
in ihL gLncr411 fund dm()uniing i() six mi)nihs niirnwl ¢xtRndiiure whiLh Ihis y¢df L4￿1￿5 tLI
appriiKimatLly £IIK].(KM) 12024-. £1(X>.(KX)l. In dddiiion. ii agrtrd (hat a sum (If £350.(K>O i
rLlaincd Io LC)VLf n¥LL.*sary huilding repairs. rL'ncwals and mainlttNanL¥ rLx]uired in ihL forLSLedbli
ruluiL. h()WLVlT ihi.% k"Ln plaLLd on bank deposit ITr thL' shvil trrni. Surplus funds will ￿. inv¥s(Ld
to pn)vidL a r¥'gular ongoin¥ inLomL. The TnLSi regul￿lY reviews ihi am(iunl ()[ rLserves that
rwuirL'd i() ¥n.%urL ihai IIK'Y arL' fuifLII Lvlltinuing Ohligaiio￿S.
ThL Trusl considLt% ihL' prl.￿nI Icvel Df funding a]Ml rL'SL'rves is adcqudie li) suppori the charity's
iiviliL.% I'L)r thL mL'dium iern). arxi the direciots consider fInar￿la1 wb5illC)n ()I' ￿. chariiy lo be
S(IiisI"￿l[jry.
Inveslment ReTriew and Perfvnnance
NL) auihuiillilive LXIL'fDal invLslmLni r¥ViLW has coThJucI￿ during ihe re￿rtIng ￿ri()d. ThL
Liiunib bhow thai LhL val￿. i)I' IhL invLsimenis ha5 Fi￿tt 10 £54.126 12024.. LS3,4061 IThLSC hav¥
yielded disirihuiiL)ns (luring) ihL' y￿￿ or 12.291 12024." £2,01121. Excess cash has" placcd on bank
depiisii accollni dnd L41m¥J £21.?15 during ihL ye￿.
Since Ihere is no nLed IL)r ihL Irusie¥% li) liquidale Ihcir remaining invesimLnls in IhL n¢ar fuLurL. Ihis
Iigure rLpr¢sL'llis d snapshot ()[ thLir value al .10 April 2025. The ItU51¢L% LC)nsidLr ihL illvL%i￿nl
perlc)rman¢¢ f(Ir ihL yLaf ii) IK. SaLisfaLiury UJMJ¢r ¢ury¢ni markei conditions.
Don&tions and Legacy income
£20.5￿ w&¥ ILLLIVLd in legxy inLumL during thL year. 12024.. NIl}.
RL¥isicrcd Company nuth'r (A)8_$4151
RL.¥1s￿[￿ Chariiy NUIrt￿ 2WIY8

TIIE BUDDHIST ¥)LIEfY TRU4T
Report olthe T￿51￿￿.& unaudiied financia] 51alemenl%
-10 Apnl 202_S
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 201$
STATEMENf OF DIRECTORS. RLSPONSIBILITILS
Company law rLquirc% ihL dirLCi()rs lo prep#Lre finiincial swi¢￿Tr{s for knlLh finanLial yLar, which givL
truc <ind lliir view of ihL ￿ta￿. of affai[5 of the Company and of Ihe prulii Lbr ILIS5 of th¢ Lompany for
ihai peri(Ml. In prLpariny (hose financial sthi¢rnents. the direclvis ate r¢4uir¢d io..
.ILLi suiiablL aLcounting rKbli¢ies aNi then apply thvm LOIISiSIL'n(ly-
hsLrvc Lh¢ mLihiKls and prinLipILS in ihL ChariiiLS SORP;
wnak¢ Judgen￿niS and eslimaie5 that are reasoTrahl¢ ar￿ prudent-
l<ilc whLth¢r JpplicdhlL UK ALLouiiling s￿nd￿ds have kcn followed. subj¢ci io any material
epdrturLS di%¢lLhed explainLd in ih¢ linar￿jaI stalen￿￿15- and
prepare ihe financial siateffl¢nls' on ihe giiing conLern bas'is unlL55 It is inappropriaie ID presume that
company will Lonlinue in bubifK'bS.
Th¥ dirL'clnr% ure iesponsible for kceping priTrper acc()unling reLor(1s". whi¢h disc1(￿. with ie&sonable
accuracy ai any (in￿. finanLial tMlSiiiOD of Ihe COEnpdny &iThJ io enabl¢ th¢m io Lnsurc Ihai ihe
rtnancial stslLnK'nis Li)mply wilh the Cnmpanies Aci 2(KK). They are also T¢swn4iblL fLlI saftr¥uarding
IhL as￿($ of ihe company and hcncc (01 iaking fV<L5unablL' SILps (or prLVLnli()11 dnd d¢le¢iivn of
fraud and oihL'r irrb'gulariiies. In preparing this tewrt the dirncioTS hav¢ tsken advaniagc of ihe speLial
provisions of ihe Companies Act 21Xkn rLlaliNg Iu 5Th11 LompaTri¢&
l approv¥ Lh¢ aiLdLhLd S￿￿'[￿l.ni of finanLi¢il ￿li￿111Ls ar￿ balancL sherl for thc Ye￿ cndcd 10 April
2025 and confirm I hdVL m*JL' avthlabl¢ all informaiion rnxLssary fot its preparation.
OLY BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRU￿E&s.
Robert C¥mpbdl
Date: 12 September 2025
Regisiered Company number (M)¥$41.$1
Rewsier￿ Chariiy NUrn￿r 294198

THE Bl.'fiiJHI%T S(KIEn" TRI'.ST
the Tn￿and tsnwditrd finllnc￿ sla1￿￿19
30 April 2025
INDEPEIYDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES
n to the ¢nJstees on my ¢x•min&tion of the ac¢OW￿ of the Buddhisi Swiety Tnjm for thc year
ended 30. April 2025.
ReJpottslbiiities aud basis of ret
As the ch¥ity's of the charitsble company {who ¥e ajso the direc￿r5 of the eomp4ny for the
purp)5ts of compwny lawl. you art restA)nsibk for the w¢patation of the accouThts in accordance with
the requir¢rpcnts ofthe CompaniL4 Aci 20061lh¢ 2006 Act-l.
Ilavini satisfiwj myself that the ateowts of the cthari￿b1¢ wmpany •rc nDi wuired to be audit¢d for
this ye4r under Part 16 of the 21M)6 Act aTrJ ue ¢ligiblt for irthr*ndeni ex4min*ion. I rep)rt In re5P¢
of my ¢xamination of your charity's %counts as caffied out under sectiOD 145 of thr Chariiies Aa
2011 I'the 2011 AGI-I. In ￿ryIng ou¢ my eK4mi#ation. I hxvt folknw¢d the Directiws ¥i¥en by the
Charity Commission lunder scction 14515Kbl ofthe 201 l Act.
Independellt t￿MIner'S stat¢meiit
I have ¢ompk*d rny examinati(￿. I Confi￿ matyi￿ Ma￿r$ hav¢ come to my #ttetti￿ which
8iVES Inc Cause to btlieve thaL"
u)uThlin8 re¢￿d5 w¢rc rM)i kept in *roId￿¢¢ with 5¢¢tion 316 of Companies Act 2006: or
. th¢ ¥¢oun15 do NJI xcord with S￿h reco￿.. or
Ihe a¢wunts do noi cofflply with rcl¢vant accounting requiT¢m¢nts ￿t￿r 5¢dion 396 of the
Componi¢5 Act 2(K16 other ihan any r¢quir¢meThi that th¢ *counts give i 'inK wjd fair. Wi￿ which ts
a m¥n¢r consithT¢d of* inde￿1 ¢xamin•ti(rt): OT
the accounts have r*oi b¢¢n pwd in accoTd*n¢e with th¢ methods athd prirKiples of the Sw¢m¢nt
of Recomrnended PrKtic¢ [(￿ xcourbting and rel￿ning by chariiicslapplicable ¢0 ch8riiies prcwng
thcir accounL8 in acu)rdance with the FiDanciai Repwun8 Starthrd appliable in the UK Repub15C
of Ir¢￿lld IFRS 10211.
I Iwve no concern5 and have come xr055 m oih¢r mJM¢rs in conth¢¢tiort with th¢ ¢xamiMtioD lo which
aueniiorb should be drawn in this W in orthr to ffiable a pD)p¢r unders¢aThdiThB of the xcoynts to be
Signed..
Mrs K Gomes
Date.. 15 S•pterrtsr 25
Indep¢ndent Examir*rs Ltd
Th¢ Gr4in siore
Hills Barn5
Appledram Lwn¢ South
iehcstcr
Wesl Susscx
P020 7EG
REgiy¢J¢d Company nuThtKr 00854151
Cljorrt) 294198

THE BUDDHIST socIErY TRUST
RcpDrt of1￿ T￿￿e¢S and un2￿11￿ financial stalLmenis
In APTII 2025
STA TEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITITrS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
Nnles Unrestricted RestriLled
fu)JJs
21125
Total
2024
Tntal
Funth
INCOME
Income from generated fund5
Lkir5dlii)ns lind ILgaciLS
Inic)mL from IrivL_%tmLnts
Income from cbaritable artivities
Bi)uk roydlii¢b and publishing doDJtions
40.6x0
208.844
40,680
208,844
1,1.32
152.928
7.751
7,751
9.611
Total irteome
249.524
7.751
257,275
163,671
EXPENSES
Expenditure on rgising fun(Ls
Inves1￿￿￿1 tnandgLmLni cii4is
Expendi¢ure on charitsble artivities
Publishing
inaii()ns Iii Th¢ B￿[dhIS1 &xicty
GIYVLrn￿Ll L()515'
8.4.122
81.122
82.161
7.751
15,651
18.990
8.152
7.158
TotV41 expenses
27I.U4U
7.751
2¥0.791
218,720
NET INCOMINGIIOUTGOtNGI
{21.516)
(21.5161
155.(Hg1
IL()S%L%I i)n invLSttnLnl asseib
720
720
14,38¥1
Net movemeDt funds
{22.796)
122,7961
(59.4771
RECONLILIA TION OF FUNDS
Tot41 funds brought forw#rd
? 189.X_32
3.189,832 3.249.269
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
3.167.036
3,167,036 3,189J32
RL'¥1S1LrL￿ C".DmpJny nuThlk'r (M)8VISI
Ilegi51ered Ctwtity Numk,r 294198

ThE BUDDHisf socIErY TRLS1
Rq￿ of the Trusit£s and unaudituj finanthal staien*nL
-10 April 2025
BALANCE SHEET
AT 30 APRIL 2025
Notes Uor¢strieted Restricted
funds
fund
2025
Total
funds
2024
Total
fun(15
FIXED ASSETS
l ￿¥ihIL dS5LIS
L￿1nd and BuildinbTS
ItLV¢Stment prO￿rtY
Inwesttnenlb
675.(KX)
1.468.153
54.126
075.(MX) 675.(MX)
1.468,151 1.4M).178
54.121J
51.41K
2.197.279
2.197.279 2.188.584
LURRENT ASSETS
D¢bic)rs-.
omthunis falling duc within onL YL
0.612
3.572
C&%h di hank
96fp,.168 999.966
971.(XM)
977.{￿ l.(K)1.5114
CREDITORS
Atn(iunls lallin¥ dw. within one year
(1.24_11
(.3. 2431
12.2901
NET CURRF.Kr AssErs
969.757
).757 1.(M)1.248
T(YtAL ASSETS LESS CURRENr
LIABILlTI&S
-1.167.036
1.167,076 7.189,832
NET ASSETS
3.167.076
-1.167.0.36 3.189,832
FUNDS
iu
UnresltiLiesJ lur¥
Rcsiricied funds
1,167.036 3,1149,¥_12
T(YfAL FUNDS
-I,167.0.16 .3.189.812
ThL forn) pan i)rI￿.￿ finaniial sialL￿￿nIS.
RLgi%iLrcd Company nUm￿r (K)854151
Regi%lLred Charily NumlYT 294198

THE BUDDHIST socIErY TrUST
R¢￿rt oCth¢ TTUSIc￿ atml unwdiicd fJnaDria1.%iaien￿nIS
30 April 202$
BALANCE SHEET- CONTINUED
AT 30 APRIL 2025
Fi)r the finanLidl ending 10 April 1025 IhL" Lharity was LniiLled io exctnixion from audil under
seL¢ii)n 477 of th< Companies Aci 2IM)6 rLlalbng lil small companic5.
Trust¢es' r¢stxinsibiliii¢s.'
ThL' Irusites have not rcquired ihc charity to olrtain an audii (Jl accounts for the year in qU¢SLlOn I
a¢cordance wilh 5eclion 476,. and
trustce5 acknowlLxlge ihLir rLSP()n5ibiliiies for complying with the rLquir¢menr5 of IhL Acl with
rc5￿1 to aLLouniing nxords and the prLparwion ofxLounls.
ThcK financial .%iaienKnls' have prepared in XLordaMe with th¢ srLcidl provis11)t)s r¢laiing to
eompanieb %uhJcct io I1￿. small Lompanies r¢gi￿￿ within Pdrt 15 of th¢ C()mpanKs Act 2(Mkn.
Thc financial siatemenib were appro%Ld by t￿. Biwd of TrustLXS and aUthori￿d for issue on 12
Sepiember 2025 and signcd on ils beh￿1. by..
R(￿￿.n Carnpbell
Chair ol. the Truslecs
RigisicrL%J Company numixr IM)854151
RegislerL￿ ChaTity Number 294198

THF. 111.'DDHI%T SOCIETY TRU
Repor¢ olth¢ Trns1(￿ aThJ un*diK'd Iinanci3151alemcni%
-10 April 2025
NOTLS TO THE FINANCIAL STA TEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 201$
ACCOUNTING POLICILS
Ateounting CODvention
financial s¢a￿MentS have i*en prL'pJr¢d uThdLr IhL hi5101iciil cosi convention with btcms
TeLognib¢d ai cosi or lian￿1]LIn vall￿. unlLSS oihLrwi5¢ 5ts1ul in ihe rLlcvant nolcs. The
rinancial siaiLmenls have ￿￿'t1 pr¢p￿d in dCL()rd&￿l With iht Siaiement of Rec(?mmL'nd¥d
pr￿ilLe.. ALLuuniing dnd RLponing by Charities preparing thcir accoun15 in accordaocc with
lh¢ Fin￿￿1￿] r¢pLining Siandard applicable in ihc UK aTwJ Rcpuhlic of Ir¢land (FR.$ 102}
rieLiive l January 20151- IChatiiiLS SORP- FRS1021 and the Chariii¥s Aci 2011.
Incoming resources
All inLi¥minb? r¢suurLLS afL IncludLd on the SLaiement of Finan¢iJl A¢iikiiies whcn Ihc ch(irily
is legally ¢niiiled i() ihL" inc()￿ amount can be quaniifjcd with r¢asonablL accuracy.
Resources expended
Exp¢ndiluri is aLcouThid lor on an accruals b&sis and has becn classifiLd under headings ihat
ag¥r¥gaie all cosi related lo ik. C￿c8￿ry. wh¢￿ ¢annoi ￿. dirccdy aiiribuied io
partiLular heading5 Ihey have bwn all￿al£d io activilics vn a basts cnnsisLeni wilh Ihe use of
TL%ources.
Tangible fixed awts
Depreciatloll 15 proi'idLd ai the following annual in i)rdcr io wriie off e￿h a&sei over its
eslifflated u5elul lite.
Land ￿1]ldIng5'. Thc frcchold {?[ IhL building 14 IK'ld at com t*caus¢ it is a mixed prupcrly
and each cornP)r￿1 cannot ￿ vill￿￿1 ￿ y)Id ￿llY.
Plani and machiTKry elc:
25* nn ¢osl and IO&. on co
lrtvestn￿nts
InvL51mLnis arL' shc)wn ai IhL rLCLni valuaiion. Any aggrcgaic S￿￿luS or defi¢il arising
fiotn ¢hdngLS in markLt valuL IS IrJn.sfLYrL'd io a rL'valuaiinn rcsL'rve.
The LhJriiy wa4 hc4ULaihLd a llai in a pr￿￿rty in North London which ￿eded d Luial
rLI"urhiSh￿nt. This pr()PLrty is tL'ing held ai a fair Vd]u¢ afiei renovaiions ￿￿'d ll rLcent
Zoopla LStimalL and is currenily ILThI 0111 10 providc ath the chariiy.
ThL Lhiniy was bequcaih¢d a funhcr pr(￿rtY in South London. This was valued for probate
and h415 ￿￿'tin inLludLd in Ihe flnancial siaietnenis. li has tK'en refurbi51KMI and is nijw IK'iTrg lei
out l() provJdL an in¢omL lor chatity. The refurbishrn'ni ¢osts hdVL ￿Ln capithliu.d.
Taxation
ThL chariiy is cxcrnpi from cotW)rnlion lax on charitablc ￿11¥1(]￿5.
Fund afcounting
Unics11iLILd lund.s Lan in xcorddnLL wilh i￿. ch￿table objLYtives al the di5creiicTrn of
Ihc tru51LLS. RLsiricied funds only IL" usL￿ for particul￿ r¢stricied purp05e5 within the
objeLts ol. thL chariiy.
RcslrLC(ions arise whcn by ihL' dI)￿r or whtyn funds are raised for pani¢ular
IcsliiLiLd purwsLs. FUrI￿"r Lxplanaiii)n ol IhL' naiurL' and purpLise of edeh lut)d is in¥luded in
thc noies 10 ihe financial SI￿￿￿ents.
RLgPiStered CoTnpany nurrkn (K)8541.51
Rcgisiercd Chatity Num￿￿ 294198
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THF. BUDDHIST SOCIETY TRU5
Report o(Ihe TNsitts a￿j unaudiied financial 51aiLmLnis
-10 April 202.5
NOTLS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- coNfiNUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
INCOME FROM GENERATED FUNDS
DoDatiOD5 and lewits
2025
2024
Dortsaiions and gifts
L¢¥<￿7e5 and bequests
20.09
205
1.132
Into￿ from tnvestments
25
2024
Renis fcttivLd
Bank intLresl
InvLStmcni incoThK - divi(k.nd5
185338
21 J15
2291
7.712
2.082
152.928
EXPENSFS
20
2024
t*'liing trxpenses
Insurancc
Repairs and mainiLnance
LieLn￿'* and PLrmi
GLneral ol'ficL LXTKnSL'S
B￿k ih&rg¥
DLprtciaiiiJn
20.6
15.886
Y,717
51.995
32546
105
267
76
4.2(K)
16.9
83.122
82.161
Governance eosts
20
2024
AccounianLy and ¥oJnpany s￿rela[la7
IndLpeThJeni examinaiion
6J42
Iwio
4,W8
2.290
8,152
7.1.f8
Registerwj Company numkr (K)¥541.51
Re￿$(cr*I Chariiy Num￿￿ 294198

THE BUDDHIST SOCIEfY TRLST
RetK)rt of ihr Tnjmees and unaudited financiaJ.4taiemeni.
10 April 202.5
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATE.MbNTS - CONTINUED
FOR THE YLAR ENDED 30 APRIL 202)
NET INCOMINGIIOUTGOll¥GI R&SOURCFS
NLI fLSoufce5 arL siaiod atier chJrging=
2025
2024
tkprecia(ion- oW[￿d as5els
16,928
4.2(M)
TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND BENEFrrs
The￿ were nv irusi¢¢s' r¢munLralivn or ot￿r bern.fjts for the year cnded 30 April 2025 nor
flir Ihe y￿￿ ¢nd¢d 10 April 2024.
TherL' WLfL tLO tru5t¢e5' rx]xnsL'S paid for Ihe year ¢rKid la April 2025 nor for thc year crbdcd
10 April 2024.
TANGIBLE FIXED A￿ETs
Freebold ItDprovements Furtiithre
Land and
to property
buildiny
Totals
rittin%5
Cost
AI IK'ginning i)fy
AddilioThs
675.(HN
Ai Lnd ot'year
675.
Depreciation
Ai I￿gInnIng of ycat
ChargL lor year
Ai LThl of YL
Net bwk value
At 30 April 2025
AI 30 April 2￿4
675.(KH)
675.(
ThL IrL'Lhold ()[ thL. buildin&T where LhJriiy ha5" ils is hLld by ai Cl>￿ iLYau5e il is il mixid
pri)rKny L&h cO[nw￿nl valty>J i)r x)Id %'paralely. The deprcciation is not maicrial as ihe
bLI has. a VLry long useful lile JnLI ihL Lvndilivn5 vf FRS102 (paragraph 17.8 10 17.21 l are mei and an
annual impatrrnL'nt review 15 LarriLxl uui. The do n(* IKlieve th￿ ihe Irreh()Id prO￿rty has
depreLith<d in valw during Lourse ycar.
RcgislLrLyI Company numlKr IK)8fj41$1
Rcgisicrcd Chariiy Nutr*¥¢T 294198
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THE BUDDHI%Y S(K.1￿ TRUS
R¢FK)rt of ihL Tm&tegs and unaudita fi￿[lLia1 stalen￿nIS
30 April 2112fi
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STA TE%IENfs- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
FIXED A&SET INVFSTMEN15
Lis¢ed
tnve5tJnEnts
Investn*nt
Pn)perty
Market Value
Al 51aTt thl ye
Additions
DLpr¢¢iaiion
RLvJluaTI(?ns
53.406
1.460.178
24903
{16.928)
720
Ai end of year
54.126
1,468.153
Net ljook value
At 30 April 2025
At.10 Apnl 2024
54.126
IA68.153
I.4￿>.178
'rc WLrc invcstnKnt I?Ulsid¢ ihc UK.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025
2024
Deht()rs
Prepayments
5,980
652
632
3.572
CREDrroRS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wmuN ONE YEAR
2025
2024
CT¥xJilors
Prepaid InL(i
Inde￿[￿k￿l Ex4imifiLf'5 fee
,433
ijio
2.2
3243
2.290
kegi%iLred Comwany nurll1￿ (K)854151
RL¥i%icred Chariiy Nuffltrr 294198
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THE BUDDHIST S(KIETY TRusr
R[¥￿ of the Trustres and Unaudi￿ flnancial sthtenKn15
30 April 202.$
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL.STATEMENfs - CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
io.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Atlmay
2024
Nrt movernettl
At 30 Apri]
2025
Unrtstri¢ted funds
Gencral fund
3.189,872
{22,796)
3.167,036
Restricted funds
Educ￿10￿￿ fuNI
TOTAL FUNDS
-3.189.872
{22.796)
J,167,036
Net [￿Vements in fund5. included in ihe a￿¥¢ arc as follows:
Ineoming
Resource5
expended
Gains and Movement i
funds
Unre5tri¢ted funds
General lund
249.524
1277.040)
720
(22,796}
Restrided
EduLalii)na] tutKi
7.751
17.751)
TOTAL FtJNDS
257275
{2¥0.79AI
720
{22,796}
ii.
TRUSTE￿ AND OTHER RELATED PARTtES
N() paymLnis were madL 10 Ifu%iLLS or any ￿rsOn5 L()nnecied with Lh¢m duting ihis financial
y¢ar apari frorn rclmbur￿.mL'n1 of c(Trsis incuTred on ￿half of the charily. No maierial
aTh&qciii>n I￿k placL ￿￿'tween the Drganitaiion and a tyusiee 01 any person Lonn¢¢(ed with
Lhcm. During thL year, thL Buddhisi SuLiCiy Trnsi mad¢ funding donaiions c>( £171.866 iu ihe
Buddhisi &￿I¢1Y {2024.. £110.411).
12.
PUBLIC BENEFIT
Thc Chariiy acknowledge5 its requiremeni io denK)Tr5traiL Llearly ihai li must have charitsble
purwscs or 'aims' Ihai are foi thc publiL t¢nefii_ DeLails Of how ihe ch￿iEY has aLhieved thi5
arc ￿0vIded in thc Rc￿rt ol IhL. TrnS￿s. The ttus(ces confirm thai they have paid (Ju¢
rL'gard io ihe Chatity Cummi&sion guidan¢e public ￿ner11 before deciding what aLiiviiies
the Chariiy should undertake.
Regisl¢TiIJ Company number (W$4151
Rews*TÉxI Charity Nurntr￿r 294198
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