Registered charity · Andover
The Society for the Advancement of Buddhist Understanding
The Society for the Advancement of Buddhist Understanding is a registered charity (number 327938) based in Andover, governed by 2 trustees. Latest income £98 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Charity Commission)
- 2 trustees
- Income £98 (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
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Linked company
- The Society for the Advancement of Buddhist Understanding
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£98£353
- 2024£72£266
- 2023£0£265
Earlier years
- 2022£22£0
- 2021£0£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ESTABLISH AND PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN SUCH OTHER COUNTRIES AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR SHALL DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.
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.
2 trustees on the board
- Raymond Penny since 2019
- Stephen Dyke since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Raymond Penny since 2019
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
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 327938
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 AUGUST 1988
- Companies House
- Company number 02288531 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01264353123
- 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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