Registered charity · London
The Buddhist Society Trust
The Buddhist Society Trust is a registered charity (number 294198) based in London, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £257k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £257k (2025)
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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
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Linked company
- The Buddhist Society Trust
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£257k£281k
- 2024£164k£219k
- 2023£570k£176k
Earlier years
- 2022£199k£193k
- 2021£756k£187k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PRINCIPLES OF BUDDHISM AND TO ENCORUAGE AND PROMOTE THE STUDY AND APPLICATION OF THOSE PRINCIPLES.
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
- Amelia Frances Otway Smithers since 2024
- Dr Desmond Rollo Biddulph
- Paul Thomas Halliday since 2024
- Robert Campbell since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Campbell since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Amelia Frances Otway Smithers since 2024
- Paul Thomas Halliday since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Desmond Rollo Biddulph
- Robert Campbell since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 294198
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JULY 1965 AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 3 APRIL 1986 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2009. AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18 MARCH 2009 as amended on 15 Jun 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 00854151 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0207 834 5858 · info@thebuddhistsociety.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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