Registered charity · Darlington
Atisha Centre
- 3 trustees
- Income £55k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Elizabeth FinniganTrustee · since 2025
- Lisa DevineTrustee · since 2024
- Susan BoyesTrustee · since 2025
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Durham, North Yorkshire, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and more
- Website
- www.meditationindarlington.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Atisha Kadampa Meditation Centre
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£55k£62k
- 2023£47k£46k
- 2022£47k£47k
Earlier years
- 2021£44k£49k
- 2020£59k£40k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTICE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE MAHAYAMA BUDDHIST TRADITION OF ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA AS TAUGHT BY VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO, THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION, THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY PROGRAMMES: THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL AS DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS MEMORANDUM.
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Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
3 trustees on the board
- Elizabeth Finnigan since 2025
- Lisa Devine since 2024
- Susan Boyes since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Elizabeth Finnigan since 2025
- Lisa Devine since 2024
- Susan Boyes since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1013466
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 APRIL 1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 11 MAY 1992, 29 OCTOBER 2005 AND 4 MARCH 2006. as amended on 15 Nov 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 02711172 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01325365265 · info@meditationindarlington.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
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