Registered charity · Manchester
Ketumati Buddhist Vihara Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £44k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dimuth JayawarnaTrustee · since 2008
- Dr Don Priyantha Wijesinghe JayawardaneTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Sarath Senarath-YapaTrustee · since 1997
- Himali Sagarika DolapihillaTrustee · since 2021
- Prasanna Buddhika TennakoonTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Pemananda GalpotiayayeTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Piyatissa PidiwilleTrustee · since 1996
- Senarath Panditaratne Dr.Trustee · since 2003
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.ketumati.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£44k£37k
- 2024£35k£35k
- 2023£32k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£34k£27k
- 2021£44k£18k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) TO FACILITATE THE TEACHING OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDY OF BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY AND MEDITATION FOR ANYONE INTERESTED(B) TO ESTABLISH A CENTRE OR CENTRES FOR THE PRACTICE OF BUDDHISM AND MEDITATION(C) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR BUDDHIST MONKS TO TEACH AND PRACTISE BUDDHISM AND TO PROVIDE RETREAT FACILITIES FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO PRACTISE MEDITATION
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Dimuth Jayawarna since 2008
- Dr Don Priyantha Wijesinghe Jayawardane since 2021
- Dr Sarath Senarath-Yapa since 1997
- Himali Sagarika Dolapihilla since 2021
- Prasanna Buddhika Tennakoon since 2021
- Rev Pemananda Galpotiayaye since 2022
- Rev Piyatissa Pidiwille since 1996
- Senarath Panditaratne Dr. since 2003
Trustees past 6 years
- Dimuth Jayawarna since 2008
- Dr Sarath Senarath-Yapa since 1997
- Rev Piyatissa Pidiwille since 1996
- Senarath Panditaratne Dr. since 2003
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dimuth Jayawarna since 2008
- Dr Don Priyantha Wijesinghe Jayawardane since 2021
- Dr Sarath Senarath-Yapa since 1997
- Himali Sagarika Dolapihilla since 2021
- Prasanna Buddhika Tennakoon since 2021
- Senarath Panditaratne Dr. since 2003
Portfolio (2)
- Rev Pemananda Galpotiayaye since 2022
- Rev Piyatissa Pidiwille since 1996
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1078173
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 7 JULY 1999
- Contact on the register
- 01619710233 · info@ketumati.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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