NEW Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union

Registered charity 1015054 Registered since 1992

Operates: Cumbria, France, Spain, Taiwan

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Claire Dawn Hughes since 2026
Henry Freyermueller Shefveland since 2016
Lisa Marie Devine since 2021
Mary Estelle Cansdale since 2023

4.5y median 4y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Henry Freyermueller Shefveland since 2016

6.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Claire Dawn Hughes since 2026
Henry Freyermueller Shefveland since 2016
Lisa Marie Devine since 2021

Portfolio (1)

Mary Estelle Cansdale since 2023

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4Religious Activities 4Accommodation/housing 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 23Education 6Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£6.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 24.4 in 2020

39 from 39 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Kadampa Meditation Centre (KMC) Southampton 1 shared trustee
Duldzin Dragpa Kadampa Buddhist Centre 1 shared trustee
Kadampa Meditation Centre Kent 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Alderley Edge School for Girls Similar size; both Religion
Kingsway International Christian Centre Similar size; both Religion
OM International Similar size; both Religion

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.kadampa.org
Email	info@kadampa.org
Phone	01229588533
Address	CONISHEAD PRIORY, PRIORY ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QQ

Finances

£5,968,058 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£4,441,644	£369,533
2021	£4,652,974	£2,443,717
2022	£4,392,870	£2,249,090
2023	£5,059,944	£3,762,472
2024	£5,968,058	£3,293,610

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO INCREASE THE BUDDHIST FAITH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION BY PROMOTING THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS UNION OF KADAMPA BUDDHIST CENTRES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 OCTOBER 1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 20 MARCH 1994, 15 AUGUST 1997, 6 AUGUST 2000, 11 AUGUST 2003, 31 JANUARY 2005, 3 AUGUST 2005 AND 15 APRIL 2007.

Trustees (4)

4trustees

54median age

0aged 70+

Claire Dawn Hughesage band 50-54 since 2026
Henry Freyermueller Shefvelandage band 55-59 since 2016
Lisa Marie Devineage band 45-49 since 2021
Mary Estelle Cansdaleage band 60-64 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

NEW Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union · 02758093 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/10/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

Kadampa Meditation Centre (KMC) Southampton 1 shared trustee
Kadampa Meditation Centre Kent 1 shared trustee
Duldzin Dragpa Kadampa Buddhist Centre 1 shared trustee

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