NORWICH ZEN BUDDHIST PRIORY

Registered charity 1190154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORWICH BUDDHIST PRIORY

NORWICH ZEN BUDDHIST PRIORY PROMOTES THE PRACTICE OF SERENE REFLECTION MEDITATION (SOTO ZEN BUDDHISM). IT OFFERS TEACHING AND SUPPORT AND PROVIDES A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN PRACTISE MEDITATION. THE SCHEDULE INCLUDES MEDITATION DAYS AND RETREATS, CEREMONIES AND TALKS/DISCUSSIONS ON BUDDHIST PRACTICE, AS WELL AS INTRODUCTORY EVENTS. THE PRIORY FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE ORDER OF BUDDHIST CONTEMPLATIVES.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £62,385, which exceeds its stated policy target of £16,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to cover daily running costs and obligations, noting an excess of receipts over payments for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £312k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Gillian Frances Houn Leoma Haguechair
• CHRISTINE MARY YEOMANS
• CHRISTOPHER DAVID LOUKES
• Rev MARY CAROLINE HOUN ALICIA ROWE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk

Income and spending

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