Registered charity (CIO) · Stockport
The Samatha Trust
- 14 trustees
- Income £135k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Robert AdkinsChair · since 2001
- Amber Kathryn HatchTrustee · since 2025
- Angeline WoodsTrustee · since 2016
- Charles ShawTrustee · since 1974
- Chris GilchristTrustee · since 1973
- Deborah RaikesTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Charles KingTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Mark Antony RowlandsTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Paul DennisonTrustee · since 1973
- Frances WarrenTrustee · since 2014
- Gwilym WrightTrustee · since 2025
- Nicola Elizabeth BreachTrustee · since 2015
- Professor John ElsnerTrustee · since 2001
- Sarah Anne YorkeTrustee · since 2025
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, Germany, Netherlands
- Website
- www.samatha.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£135k£129k
- 2024£137k£124k
- 2023£101k£104k
Earlier years
- 2022£368k£103k
- 2021£144k£91k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION.
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Robert Adkins Chair since 2001
- Amber Kathryn Hatch since 2025
- Angeline Woods since 2016
- Charles Shaw since 1974
- Chris Gilchrist since 1973
- Deborah Raikes since 2016
- Dr Charles King since 2016
- Dr Mark Antony Rowlands since 2023
- Dr Paul Dennison since 1973
- Frances Warren since 2014
- Gwilym Wright since 2025
- Nicola Elizabeth Breach since 2015
- Professor John Elsner since 2001
- Sarah Anne Yorke since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Adkins Chair since 2001
- Angeline Woods since 2016
- Charles Shaw since 1974
- Chris Gilchrist since 1973
- Deborah Raikes since 2016
- Dr Charles King since 2016
- Dr Paul Dennison since 1973
- Frances Warren since 2014
- Nicola Elizabeth Breach since 2015
- Professor John Elsner since 2001
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Robert Adkins Chair since 2001
- Amber Kathryn Hatch since 2025
- Angeline Woods since 2016
- Charles Shaw since 1974
- Chris Gilchrist since 1973
- Deborah Raikes since 2016
- Dr Charles King since 2016
- Dr Mark Antony Rowlands since 2023
- Dr Paul Dennison since 1973
- Frances Warren since 2014
- Gwilym Wright since 2025
- Nicola Elizabeth Breach since 2015
- Sarah Anne Yorke since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Professor John Elsner since 2001
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.
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
- 1179867
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Sep 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07515746590 · info@samatha.org
- 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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