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Registered charity · Bristol

Sakya Dechen Buddhism LTD

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £103k (2024)
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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
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.dechen.org/centres/bristol (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sakya Dechen Buddhism Limited
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£103k£72k
  • 2023£219k£71k
  • 2022£199k£82k
Earlier years
  • 2021£96k£60k
  • 2020£105k£52k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST FAITH AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE TEACHINGS OF THE SAKYA SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM, AS EMBODIED BY THE FOURTH KARMA THINLEY RINPOCHE AND LAMA JAMPA THAYE. SUCH ADVANCEMENT SHALL BE UNDER THE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY AND GUIDANCE OF (I) LAMA JAMPA THAYE AS MASTER OF THE SAKYA SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM (THE ?HEAD?), (II) THE FUTURE INCARNATIONS (EACH A "FUTURE INCARNATION?) OF THE HEAD AS IDENTIFIED IN WRITING BY THE PRESENT OR FUTURE HEAD OF THE DROLMA PHODRANG OF THE SAKYA SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM (THE ?SAKYA HEAD?), AND (III) ANY TEMPORARY SUCCESSORS APPOINTED IN WRITING FROM TIME TO TIME BY (X) THE HEAD, (Y) A FUTURE INCARNATION OR, IN THE EVENT THE HEAD OR A FUTURE INCARNATION IS UNABLE TO MAKE SUCH APPOINTMENT, (Z) THE SAKYA HEAD.

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.

10 trustees on the board

9.3y median 11y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Education/training 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 13Business services 7Finance 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£103k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1163076
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 JUL 2015
Companies House
Company number 09344009 · Active
Contact on the register
01179244424
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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