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Triratna Buddhist Community in Bristol

RegisteredRegistered charity number 900165BristolReligion
Income£111k2025-12-31
Spending£106ksame year
Spent / received108%5-year average
Size in its cause64th pctReligion
Registered1989Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Triratna Buddhist Community in Bristol is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1989, 37 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Triratna Buddhist Community in Bristol reported income of £111k and spending of £106k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £97k to £111k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Triratna Buddhist Community in Bristol sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Shedfield, Southampton (£111k), Emmanuel Christian Centre, Pembrokeshire (£111k) and Hazel Grove Methodist Church (£111k).

Income and spending

£0£29k£57k£86k£114k2021 Income: £96,8902021 Spending: £98,63320212022 Income: £81,3772022 Spending: £102,13720222023 Income: £102,0452023 Spending: £114,31920232024 Income: £103,4462024 Spending: £111,98420242025 Income: £111,4152025 Spending: £105,8072025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The aim of the Charity is the advancement of the Buddhist religion; in particular to encourage members and others to live and practice the teachings of the Buddha and help provide a material and spiritual context for this to take place.

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