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Registered charity · Manchester

The Manchester Centre for Buddhist Meditation Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £83k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
samatha.org/what-we-offer/classes/manchester-centre-buddhist-meditation (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£83k£20k
  • 2024£25k£29k
  • 2023£31k£26k
Earlier years
  • 2022£21k£69k
  • 2021£156k£14k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (ÆTHE OBJECTSÆ) ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE SAMATHA MEDITATION PRACTICE BY:Ò RUNNING AND MAINTAINING THE MANCHESTER CENTRE FOR BUDDHIST MEDITATION IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE SAMATHA TRUSTÒ PROVIDING INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT IN SAMATHA MEDITATION AND ASSOCIATED TEACHINGSÒ PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING ARTEFACTS AND A LIBRARY IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE SAMATHA TRUSTÒ PROVIDING SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION FOR RETREATS AND VISITING TEACHERS

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.

7 trustees on the board

3.6y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Religious Activities 7

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 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£83k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1176625
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 04 JUN 2017
Contact on the register
0161 860 4716 · mcrinfo@samatha.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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