Registered charity (CIO) · London
Western Chan Fellowship CIO
- 6 trustees
- Income £80k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.westernchanfellowship.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£80k£73k
- 2023£70k£61k
- 2022£51k£58k
Earlier years
- 2021£18k£19k
- 2020£65k£58k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHISM; AND 2. TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF BUDDHISM PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;IN EACH CASE BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE LINJI AND CAODONG TRADITIONS OF CHAN BUDDHISM, AS TRANSMITTED THROUGH MASTER SHENG YEN, AND DISTRIBUTING MATERIALS ABOUT BUDDHISM IN WRITTEN AND OTHER MEDIA TO INFORM OTHERS ABOUT BUDDHISM, AND, AS A SUPPLEMENT TO SUCH ADVANCEMENT, TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHAN PRACTICE, CHAN THEORY AND OTHER MEDITATIVE PRACTICES AND UNDERSTANDING.
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
- Alysun Mary Jones since 2017
- Kenneth Donald aka Jake Lyne since 2026
- Professor Daniel Meron since 2025
- Sian Thomas since 2023
- Simon Richard Child since 2016
- Till Kroeber since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Alysun Mary Jones since 2017
- Simon Richard Child since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Alysun Mary Jones since 2017
- Kenneth Donald aka Jake Lyne since 2026
- Professor Daniel Meron since 2025
- Sian Thomas since 2023
- Simon Richard Child since 2016
- Till Kroeber since 2021
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
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
- 1166162
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 22 MAR 2016AMENDED ON 15 SEP 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07734489721 · secretary@westernchanfellowship.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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