Registered charity (CIO) · Colchester
Dhamma Centre (Colchester)
Dhamma Centre (Colchester) is a registered charity (number 1190052) based in Colchester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £568k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Dhamma Centre, Dhamma Center (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £568k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- dhammacentre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£568k£61k
- 2024£53k£39k
- 2023£26k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£36k£30k
- 2021£22k£21k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO FACILITATE THE TEACHING OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDY OF BUDDHISM AND MINDFULNESS FOR THOSE INTERESTED.(B) TO ESTABLISH CENTRE(S) FOR THE PRACTISE OF BUDDHISM AND MEDITATION(C) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR BUDDHIST MONKS TO CONDUCT RETREATS AND CLASSES FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LEARN BUDDHISM AND MEDITATION
Grants received
1 grant · £500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Essex Community Foundation · £500
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Babli Rani Sharma since 2020
- Kaji Sherpa OBE since 2020
- Mahal Katherine Ratnasiri since 2020
- Rev Hokandara Pannavamsa Thero since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Babli Rani Sharma since 2020
- Kaji Sherpa OBE since 2020
- Mahal Katherine Ratnasiri since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Babli Rani Sharma since 2020
- Kaji Sherpa OBE since 2020
- Mahal Katherine Ratnasiri since 2020
- Rev Hokandara Pannavamsa Thero since 2024
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
102.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1190052
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 22 Jun 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07848036433 · bhante@dhammacentre.com
- 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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