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Registered charity · Hemel Hempstead

The English Sangha Trust Limited

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £2.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Hertfordshire, West Sussex
Website
www.amaravati.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
English Sangha Trust Limited(the)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.2m£1.6m
  • 2024£3.0m£1.2m
  • 2023£1.7m£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.7m£1.0m
  • 2021£12m£804k
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."

Board analysis for researchers

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.

7 trustees on the board

8.2y median 8.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

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

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.8 in 2021

4 from 4 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
231310
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00565499 · Active
Contact on the register
01442927019 · group.accountant@amaravati.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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