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Triratna Buddhist Community (Norwich)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 272024NorwichReligion
Income£82k2025-03-31
Spending£78ksame year
Spent / received90%5-year average
Size in its cause57th pctReligion
Registered1976Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Triratna Buddhist Community (Norwich) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in October 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Triratna Buddhist Community (Norwich) reported income of £82k and spending of £78k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £52k to £82k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Triratna Buddhist Community (Norwich) sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canon J Morton All Saints Church Fund (£82k), Alexandria Lighthouse (£82k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints' Cleadon (£82k).

Income and spending

£0£20k£41k£61k£82k2021 Income: £51,5052021 Spending: £32,62820212022 Income: £52,7742022 Spending: £45,67120222023 Income: £61,8342023 Spending: £61,81020232024 Income: £73,9182024 Spending: £72,66220242025 Income: £81,7592025 Spending: £78,2662025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION1) TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS AND OTHERS TO LIVE IN ACCORD WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA2) SUPPORT ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER3) MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION AND WORK WITH OTHER GROUPS WITH THE SAME OBJECTIVE

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Canon J Morton All Saints Church FundNorthumberland£82k
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints' CleadonSunderland£82k
The Way International (UK) LimitedLondon£82k