Registered charity (CIO) · Chelmsford
The MID Essex Buddhist Centre
- 9 trustees
- Income £57k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Gary Nelson MurrayChair · since 2017
- Christine TrussTrustee · since 2017
- Diane Linda CarterTrustee · since 2024
- Katrina KuzminasTrustee · since 2024
- Lynda RoseTrustee · since 2023
- Nigel WardTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel FloaterTrustee · since 2026
- Timothy Carl WolstenholmeTrustee · since 2024
- Viryanatha ReyTrustee · since 2019
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
- Essex
- Website
- www.mid-essex-buddhist-centre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£57k£45k
- 2024£37k£39k
- 2023£133k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£145k£15k
- 2021£76k£15k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION, IN PARTICULAR BY:1. ENCOURAGING MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO LIVE ETHICAL LIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA.2. SUPPORTING ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY AND OTHER DULY ORDAINED BUDDHISTS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CIO.3. MAINTAINING CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH AND WORKING UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER GROUPS WITH THE SAME OBJECTS.4. USING APPLICATIONS OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Gary Nelson Murray Chair since 2017
- Christine Truss since 2017
- Diane Linda Carter since 2024
- Katrina Kuzminas since 2024
- Lynda Rose since 2023
- Nigel Ward since 2024
- Rachel Floater since 2026
- Timothy Carl Wolstenholme since 2024
- Viryanatha Rey since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Gary Nelson Murray Chair since 2017
- Christine Truss since 2017
- Viryanatha Rey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Gary Nelson Murray Chair since 2017
- Christine Truss since 2017
- Katrina Kuzminas since 2024
- Lynda Rose since 2023
- Nigel Ward since 2024
- Rachel Floater since 2026
- Timothy Carl Wolstenholme since 2024
- Viryanatha Rey since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Diane Linda Carter since 2024
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
- 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.
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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
- 1172278
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 Mar 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07936 534546 · Info@mid-essex-buddhist-centre.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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