Kadampa Meditation Centre Wales

Teaching, study, practice and the observance of moral discipline all within the Mahayana Buddhist tradition of Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa as taught by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union, through the continuous implementation of the three New Kadampa Tradition Study Programmes.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Powys
• Bridgend
• Cardiff
• Carmarthenshire
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Neath Port Talbot
• Newport City
• Pembrokeshire
• City of Swansea

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined, in Practice South Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £109,602 and spent £94,039.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 57%, from £69,956 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £109,602 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 86% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 5 grants to this charity since 2011, worth at least £41,994.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

3 trustees run the charity.

• Lisa DevineAppointed 29 February 2024
• Nicholas LlewelynAppointed 26 August 2026
• Richard WilsonAppointed 4 September 2025

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1039234

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

6 July 1994

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 NOVEMBER 1993 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 2 APRIL 1995AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19 OCT 2018 as amended on 10 Dec 2020

Company number

02869366This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.meditationinwales.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Swansea

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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