Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Buddhist Association of the UK
The Buddhist Association of the UK is a registered charity (number 1213259) based in London, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Guang Kuan. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Ying GUO FO Jiao Lian HE HUI (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Qing Liang Buddhist Association.
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, Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION.TO ADVANCE BUDDHISM IN THE UK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS; PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON BUDDHISM TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT BUDDHISM.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BUDDHISTS AND HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING ON BUDDHIST DOCTRINE IN THE UK IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.
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
- Guang Kuan Chair
- Ningna Jiang
- Qing Liang Buddhist Association
- Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala
- Zhuolin Shi
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1213259
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 May 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07940173488 · guangkuan@hotmail.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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