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GURUNANAK

Registered charity 1017903 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To assist recognised charities, religious projects and needy individuals

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £871,572 at the year end, an increase from the previous year's £869,315. The trustees note that running costs are considered low and that they do not commit to funding projects unless reserves are available, indicating a conservative approach to liquidity. Normal operations have resumed following the lifting of restrictions, with accumulated reserves intended for distribution to fund larger projects in India.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a small amount of reserves as running costs are considered to be low (held: £872k)
“In reviewing the reserves requirement, the trustees have decided that the charity only needs to hold a small amount of reserves as running costs are considered to be low.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mr B Singh received a salary of £24,000 for day-to-day management.
“Mr B Singh, a trustee, was paid a salary to take responsibility of the day to day management of the charity and this amounted to £24,000 (2024 £Nil).” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 16. Related Parties
“During the year the trust received donations of£14,739 (2024: £15,755) from Mr J S Kohli. There were no amounts outstanding to or from Mr Kohli at the year end. Further donations amounting to £100,000 (2024 £65,500) were received from the Kohli family.” — page 17
“During the year the trust received donations of £36,361 (2024: £Nil) from Potent Investments Ltd, an entity controlled by Mr N Kohli. There were no amounts outstanding to or from the company at the year end.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 16. Related Parties
“During the year the trust received donations of£14,739 (2024: £15,755) from Mr J S Kohli. There were no amounts outstanding to or from Mr Kohli at the year end. Further donations amounting to £100,000 (2024 £65,500) were received from the Kohli family.” — page 17
“During the year the trust received donations of £36,361 (2024: £Nil) from Potent Investments Ltd, an entity controlled by Mr N Kohli. There were no amounts outstanding to or from the company at the year end.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£872k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · India · Manchester City · Salford City · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£1.4m£1.4m
05/04/2024£1.2m£1.2m
05/04/2023£1.0m£931k
05/04/2022£983k£533k
05/04/2021£819k£647k

Common questions

Is GURUNANAK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £871,572 at the year end, an increase from the previous year's £869,315. The trustees note that running costs are considered low and that they do not commit to funding projects unless reserves are available, indicating a conservative approach to liquidity. Normal operations have resumed following the lifting of restrictions, with accumulated reserves intended for distribution to fund larger projects in India. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Who funds GURUNANAK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GURUNANAK as a grant recipient include ANAND & SETHI FAMILY CHARITY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ANAND & SETHI FAMILY CHARITY TRUSTFY2025£25k
ANAND & SETHI FAMILY CHARITY TRUSTFY2023£22k
ANAND & SETHI FAMILY CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£21k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ZOREYA TZEDOKOS1£312k
LPW LIMITED1£291k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED1£110k
THE RABBI MOSHE & LEAH DERMER FOUNDATION1£76k
JEG TRUST LIMITED1£40k
THREE PILLARS TRUST1£40k
UOHC FOUNDATION LTD1£25k
THE AA TRUST1£18k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARITWORTH LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GURUNANAK£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITWORTH LIMITED FY2025£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt
GURU NANAK SATSANG SIKH TEMPLE FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ FY2025£998k—0unclear—no doubt
BNOS TSFAS LTD FY2024£10k—0below—no doubt
ADENFIRST LIMITED FY2025£547k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.