Registered charity · Manchester
Buddha Metta Society
- 8 trustees
- Income £58k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Kenneth GarrodChair · since 2013
- Anthony Malcolm HalterTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher Simpson JonesTrustee · since 2025
- Gregory ScotlandTrustee · since 2026
- Jeremy Maclaren BruceTrustee · since 2026
- Martin BersikTrustee · since 2025
- Peter Ernest FosterTrustee · since 2026
- Sheila TaylorTrustee · since 2025
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
- Throughout England And Wales, Thailand
- Website
- www.rightview.org/Buddhametta/BuddhaMettaUK.htm (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£58k£57k
- 2023£21k£21k
- 2022£52k£52k
Earlier years
- 2021£28k£27k
- 2020£18k£18k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE BUDDHIST RELIGION BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SPEND TIME WITH EXPERIENCED AND ORDAINED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE THAI FOREST TRADITION MONASTIC SANGHA; BOTH HERE IN THE UK AND ON PILGRIMAGE.TO PROVIDE PILGRIMAGES TO SIGNIFICANT WORLD BUDDHIST SITES FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN BUDDHISM, ACCOMPANIED BY EXPERIENCED GUIDES AND TEACHERS. SUPPORT THE WORK OF BUDDHIST MONK AJAHN SUDHIRO WHO HAS BEEN ORDAINED FOR OVER 28 YEARS IN THE THAI FOREST TRADITION TO TEACH AND HOST PILGRIMAGES.ALL DONATIONS MADE TO THE CHARITY WILL BE USED SOLELY TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND THE CHARITY WILL OPERATE AS A NON-PROFIT MAKING ORGANISATION WITH NO RETAINED CAPITAL. THERE WILL BE NO MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO BENEFIT FROM THE OBJECTS OF THIS CHARITY.TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC VIA AJAHN SUDHIRO?S RIGHT VIEW WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.RIGHTVIEW.ORG/BUDDHAMETTA/BUDDHAMETTAUK.HTMON THE CHARITY?S ACTIVITIES IN THE UK AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF PILGRIMAGES COMPLETED AND PLANNED.
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
- Kenneth Garrod Chair since 2013
- Anthony Malcolm Halter since 2025
- Christopher Simpson Jones since 2025
- Gregory Scotland since 2026
- Jeremy Maclaren Bruce since 2026
- Martin Bersik since 2025
- Peter Ernest Foster since 2026
- Sheila Taylor since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Kenneth Garrod Chair since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Anthony Malcolm Halter since 2025
- Christopher Simpson Jones since 2025
- Gregory Scotland since 2026
- Jeremy Maclaren Bruce since 2026
- Martin Bersik since 2025
- Peter Ernest Foster since 2026
- Sheila Taylor since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Kenneth Garrod Chair since 2013
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1154796
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 SEP 2013
- Contact on the register
- 07977534606 · buddhamettasociety@yahoo.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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