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The Windhorse Trust

Registered charity 1098979 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

4y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 2Other services 1Tech and media 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£519k latest income
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.

18.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

3
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailinfo@windhorsetrust.org.uk
Phone07818410677
Address38 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8DT

Finances

£519,089 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£401,138£475,801
2022£341,151£227,508
2023£485,397£537,921
2024£499,832£433,588
2025£519,089£974,764

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION, IN PARTICULAR:(I) TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA.(II) TO SUPPORT ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER AND OTHER DULY ORDAINED BUDDHISTS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE COMPANY.(III) TO MAINTAIN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH AND WORK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WITH THE SAME OBJECTS; 2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY; 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC; AND 4. TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 FEBRUARY 1986 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 14 MARCH 1986, 1 MAY 1986, 24 MARCH 1993, 25 NOVEMBER 2005 AND 1 JULY 2006

Trustees (5)

5trustees
67median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Windhorse Trust(the) · 01990430 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/02/1986

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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