Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham)

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham) scores 75 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 94% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

The register data used for this profile lists Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham) as a registered charity (charity number 273850). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=273850&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham)'s charity number is 273850. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham) scores 75 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham). Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 94% of Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham)'s total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 3% of expenditure (2025); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham). The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham) reported £611k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-04). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham)'s registered contact address is in Norwich (NR14 7AL). It tells the regulator it operates in Norfolk, with a focus on religion.

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham) reported £611k total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £306k (50%), charitable activities £272k (45%), trading and fundraising events £27k (4%).

The register records Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham) as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham)'s annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham) was entered on the register on 7 July 1977.

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham)'s regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Surlingham)'s most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.