Company
Network of Buddhist Organisations
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Network of Buddhist Organisations. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
Previous officers 8
- Rev Kaspalita Gareth James Thompson 2017-2024 View profile
- Juliet Helena Hackney 2016-2021 View profile
- Valerie Ann Stephenson 2015-2017 View profile
- Catherine Melisa Black Hopper 2013-2025 View profile
- Ian Waddell 2010-2013 View profile
- Christopher John Ward 2010-2013 View profile
- Rev David Houn Saido Kennaway 2010-2024 View profile
- Christopher Ward 2010-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- Incorporated
- 23/02/2010
- Also a registered charity
- Network of Buddhist Organisations
Financials
- Net assets
- £6,463
- Total assets
- £6,463
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
4 directors on the board
- Josephine Diana Backus Director · appointed 2011
- James Bruce Cresswell Director · appointed 2013
- James Henry Backus Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Stephen Johnson Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Josephine Diana Backus Director · appointed 2011
- James Bruce Cresswell Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Josephine Diana Backus Director · appointed 2011
- James Bruce Cresswell Director · appointed 2013
- James Henry Backus Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Stephen Johnson Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07166817
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data