01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 18 October 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 12529304
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £38,897
- Latest expenditure
- £17,364
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 9 Printing House Yard, Hackney Road, LONDON, E2 7PR
Website recorded by the regulator: https://londonchanmeditation.org/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We have three main types of activities:1) Meditation: we organise regular meditation sessions, instructions, retreats, and talks as well as courses in meditation and Buddhist philosophy;2) Public Engagement: we seek to share the benefits of Chan meditation with the public through various channels;3) Social Engagement: we aim to contribute wherever the need arises in the broader community.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £38,897
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,364
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £70,947
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,567
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 December 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £46,194
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,389
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 6 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £38,897
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £17,364
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 11
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £70,947
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,567
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 8
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 3 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £46,194
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,389
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 6
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DHARMA DRUM LONDON
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-10-18T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 MAR 2020
- Charitable Objects
- 2.1 THE ORGANISATION'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, ONLY TO: (A) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF MEDITATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY HOLDING MEDITATION GROUP SITTING SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND RETREATS FOR THE LEARNING AND PRACTICE OF MEDITATION; AND (B) ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST FAITH WITHIN THE DHARMA DRUM MOUNTAIN LINEAGE OF CHAN BUDDHISM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE HOLDING OF TALKS, DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, BUDDHIST CEREMONIES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF BUDDHIST FESTIVALS, AND PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON CHAN BUDDHISM TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT BUDDHISM.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 656325
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- DHARMA DRUM LONDON LIMITED
- Charity Name Id
- 656326
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- LONDON CHAN MEDITATION
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Charity Policy
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- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures