Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
Triratna East Kent Buddhist Group
- 9 trustees
- Income £19k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Marilyn Ann WilliamsChair · since 2019
- Geraldine MoonTrustee · since 2018
- Graham John PattersonTrustee · since 2017
- Heather JohnsonTrustee · since 2025
- Maddava Janice JohnTrustee · since 2018
- Richard GiffordTrustee · since 2017
- Roger Alan PhillipsTrustee · since 2025
- Sara Ellen Line WilliamsTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas Lawrence AkehurstTrustee · 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
- Kent
- Website
- eastkentbuddhistgroup.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£19k£20k
- 2024£14k£120k
- 2023£10k£16k
Earlier years
- 2022£94k£12k
- 2021£92k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION, IN PARTICULAR BY: 1.TEACHING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BUDDHIST PRACTICES OF MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION.2.PROMOTING AND TEACHING BUDDHIST ETHICAL VALUES THEREBY ENABLING PEOPLE TO LIVE MORE HEALTHY AND HARMONIOUS LIVES. 3.ENHANCING THE UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF SPIRITUALITY* IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR BY COOPERATING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS DELIVERING SIMILAR BENEFITS. (*SPIRITUALITY BEING UNDERSTOOD AS PERTAINING TO LIFE’S MEANING AND PURPOSE.) 4.SUPPORTING ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY AND OTHERS (AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CIO), WHO ARE WORKING TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE ABOVE VALUES AND PRACTICES
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Marilyn Ann Williams Chair since 2019
- Geraldine Moon since 2018
- Graham John Patterson since 2017
- Heather Johnson since 2025
- Maddava Janice John since 2018
- Richard Gifford since 2017
- Roger Alan Phillips since 2025
- Sara Ellen Line Williams since 2025
- Thomas Lawrence Akehurst since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Marilyn Ann Williams Chair since 2019
- Geraldine Moon since 2018
- Graham John Patterson since 2017
- Maddava Janice John since 2018
- Richard Gifford since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Geraldine Moon since 2018
- Graham John Patterson since 2017
- Heather Johnson since 2025
- Maddava Janice John since 2018
- Richard Gifford since 2017
- Roger Alan Phillips since 2025
- Sara Ellen Line Williams since 2025
- Thomas Lawrence Akehurst since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Marilyn Ann Williams Chair since 2019
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
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
- 1188543
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 13 Mar 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01304363118 · ekbuddhists@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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