Registered charity (CIO) · Leeds
Leeds Buddhist Vihara Trust
- 5 trustees
- Income £37k (2025)
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
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Leeds City
- Website
- www.leedsbuddhistvihara.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£37k£30k
- 2024£35k£27k
- 2023£67k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£58k£30k
- 2021£50k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE BUDDHISM IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) FACILITATING THE TEACHING OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY, MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE BUDDHISM IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.(B) CONDUCTING REGULAR LESSONS IN BUDDHISM FOR DEVOTEES.(C) ESTABLISHING CENTRES WHERE THOSE WHO PRACTICE BUDDHISM IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND CAN VISIT TO WORSHIP AND DISCUSS BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS. THIS WILL ACT AS A CENTRE OF LEARNING WITH ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO FURTHER THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY.(D) ORGANISING FESTIVALS RELATED TO BUDDHIST TRADITION FOR THOSE WHO PRACTICE BUDDHISM IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.(E) PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR BUDDHIST MONKS TO TEACH AND PRACTICE BUDDHISM.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Rev Piyatissa Pidiwille Chair since 2016
- Dr Chaminda Weerasekera since 2016
- Rev Pemananda Galpotiayaye since 2016
- Sajith Chanaka Mudalige since 2016
- Shalindra Dhanuka Panditharatne since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Piyatissa Pidiwille Chair since 2016
- Dr Chaminda Weerasekera since 2016
- Rev Pemananda Galpotiayaye since 2016
- Sajith Chanaka Mudalige since 2016
- Shalindra Dhanuka Panditharatne since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Chaminda Weerasekera since 2016
- Sajith Chanaka Mudalige since 2016
- Shalindra Dhanuka Panditharatne since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Rev Piyatissa Pidiwille Chair since 2016
- Rev Pemananda Galpotiayaye since 2016
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
- 1175406
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Oct 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07530810824 · info@leedsbuddhistvihara.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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