KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE EXETER

Registered charity 1052954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PURE LAND BUDDHIST CENTRE

Religious organisation running meditation classes in Devon including weekly study class, prayer sessions and day courses.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF 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: THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL AS DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS MEMORANDUM.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's general fund income exceeded its expenditure by £5,042, resulting in a net movement in funds of £5,042 for the year. However, this surplus did not fully cover the capital element of mortgage payments, leading to a deficit of £3,245 in the general fund after transfers. The unrestricted general fund balance stood at £13,602 at the balance sheet date.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annabelle Birchall
• Louis Pierre Bartlett
• Mary Estelle Cansdale · trustee of 5 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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