Registered charity · Bristol
Paramitha Community Development Foundation
- 6 trustees
- Income £72k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Sri Lanka
- Website
- www.bristolbuddhistvihara.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Paramitha Community Development Foundation
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£72k£51k
- 2024£85k£73k
- 2023£104k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£75k£24k
- 2021£159k£21k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS ARE :A) TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST RELIGION IN THE UK FOR THE BENFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON THE BUDDHIST THOUGHT TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE BUDDHIST RELIGION;B)PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PUBLIC BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS;C)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE UK BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROTECTION AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT;ANDD)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE UK BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- VEN Pelwatte Dhammananda Thero Chair since 2012
- Madurusinghe Mudiyanselage Dinesh Maduranga since 2024
- Mahesh Sooriyabandara since 2020
- Raymond Anthony Douglas Cole since 2012
- Rev Pelwatte Seewalee Thero since 2024
- Upali Gunatillaka since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- VEN Pelwatte Dhammananda Thero Chair since 2012
- Raymond Anthony Douglas Cole since 2012
- Upali Gunatillaka since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- VEN Pelwatte Dhammananda Thero Chair since 2012
- Madurusinghe Mudiyanselage Dinesh Maduranga since 2024
- Raymond Anthony Douglas Cole since 2012
- Rev Pelwatte Seewalee Thero since 2024
- Upali Gunatillaka since 2014
Portfolio (1)
- Mahesh Sooriyabandara since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1160561
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 SEP 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27/01/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 08199348 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0749175920 · bristolbuddhistvihara@gmail.com
- 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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