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Registered charity · Birmingham

Birmingham Buddhist Centre

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £427k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell and more
Website
www.birminghambuddhistcentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£427k£366k
  • 2024£348k£321k
  • 2023£319k£289k
Earlier years
  • 2022£305k£280k
  • 2021£279k£246k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2. THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION ("THE OBJECT") IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHISTRELIGION, IN PARTICULAR BY:2.1 ENCOURAGING MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THEBUDDHA; AND2.2 SUPPORTING ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER AND OTHER DULYORDAINED BUDDHISTS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ASSOCIATION; AND2.3 MAINTAINING CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH AND WORKING UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THETRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER AND IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER GROUPS WITH THE SAMEOBJECT.

Grants received

2 grants · £19,705 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,705 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7052022-01-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-07-13
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.

8.2y median 10y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 7Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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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£427k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
516568
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 7 JUNE 1985 AS AMENDED 2 NOVEMBER 1986 AND 26 OCTOBER 2010
Contact on the register
01214495279 · info@birminghambuddhistcentre.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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