# THE DEVON VIHARA TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 289636
- **Other names:** HARTRIDGE BUDDHIST MONASTERY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 29, 1984
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=289636


## Contact

- **Address:** HARTRIDGE MONASTERY, ODLE COTTAGE, UPOTTERY, HONITON
- **Postcode:** EX14 9QE
- **Phone:** 01404891251
- **Email:** hartridge.monastery@googlemail.com
- **Website:** www.hartridgemonastery.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO ADVANCE THE BUDDHIST RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF THE THERAVADA SCHOOL. 2. TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST ANY POOR PERSON. 3. TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

**Activities:** To support Hartridge Monastery and it's resident monks, nuns and novices (Sangha) practicing in the Forest Tradition in the lineage of the Thai Master Ajahn Chah and his senior western disciple, Ajahn Sumedho. To offer the Sangha the opportunity to live a contemplative monastic life founded upon the principles laid down by the Buddha.

**Area of benefit:** DEVON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3436 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £775 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1256 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2195 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £728 | £600 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr MAXIM ALEXANDER MACKAY-JAMES** (Chair)
- ANNE WILLIAMS — appointed Sept. 21, 2011
- Charles Graves — appointed Nov. 1, 2024
- JULIAN WALL — appointed Sept. 21, 2011
- Penelope Barbara Wakefield-Pearce — appointed Nov. 1, 2024
- ROB WHITTLE