Registered charity · Kent
Kadampa Meditation Centre Kent
- 4 trustees
- Income £60k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.meditateinkent.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Kadampa Meditation Centre Kent
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£60k£48k
- 2023£69k£55k
- 2022£82k£77k
Earlier years
- 2021£46k£32k
- 2020£41k£30k
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 MAHAYANA 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 CONTINUOS 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
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Jowita O'Connor since 2025
- Mary Estelle Cansdale since 2024
- Michael Richard Wood since 2025
- Lisa Oxley since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Jowita O'Connor since 2025
- Michael Richard Wood since 2025
- Lisa Oxley since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Mary Estelle Cansdale since 2024
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1071837
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH JUNE 1998 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 7 APRIL 2006 as amended on 20 Nov 2020 as amended on 02 Mar 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03577032 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07486 466765 · info@meditateinkent.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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