The English Sangha Trust Limited

Registered charity 231310 Registered since 1965

Operates: Hertfordshire, West Sussex

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

9.8y median 10y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

14y

average years in governance

5 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Religious Activities 6

Commercial experience

Other services 8Professional services 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Contact

Website	www.amaravati.org
Email	group.accountant@amaravati.org
Phone	01442927019
Address	Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, St. Margarets, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BZ

Finances

£2,227,344 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£11,889,593	£804,331
2022	£1,668,294	£1,040,815
2023	£1,741,991	£1,055,531
2024	£3,020,230	£1,158,445
2025	£2,227,344	£1,598,458

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO FURTHER THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF THE BUDDHA (BUDDHA SASANA) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY: THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL CENTRES AND OTHER REQUISITES FOR BHIKKUS, NUNS AND SAMANERAS; THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, FOR THE PURPOSES OF INSTRUCTION, FOR OTHER FOLLOWERS OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM; THE PROVISION OF TEACHING AND STUDY OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM; AND AS REQUESTED BY THE THERIS AND THERAS OF THE ENGLISH SANGHA, THE RELIEF OF FOLLOWERS OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE."

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/05/1956AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/11/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/04/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 DEC 2016

Trustees (6)

6trustees

71median age

5aged 70+

Succession outlook: 5 of 6 trustees are aged 70 or over.

John Peters Stevensage 70 Chair
Brigitte Burnettage 70 since 2019
Caroline Leinsterage 71 since 2011
Kazuko Kawamuraage 63 since 2012
Kathleen Lazenbattage 72 since 2023
Nicholas Carrollage 78 since 2016

Linked company (Companies House)

English Sangha Trust Limited(the) · 00565499 · Active

Private Limited Company · incorporated 01/05/1956

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Theravada Monastic Trust 1 shared trustee

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