NANAKSAR THATH ISHER DARBAR TRUST

Registered charity 1025988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NANAKSAR THATH ISHER DARBAR, NANAKSAR THATH ISHER DARBAR (GURU NANAK SIKH COLLEGE)

Relief of poverty through education.

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

Latest income

£812k

Latest spending

£782k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,108,715 against a policy target of twelve months' future expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £30,006 for the year and confirmed no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least twelve months future expenditure (held: £3.1m)

“The charity's policy is to aim for sufficient reserves to fund at least twelve months future expenditure at any time.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bruton Charles. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£812k

Total spending

£782k

Cost of raising funds

£178k

Reserves (reported)

£3.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~47.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 21.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BABA AMAR SINGHchair
Gursharan Singh
Lakhwinder Singh Mahal
Sarabjeet Dhanjal

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£812k	£782k
31/03/2024	£830k	£617k
31/03/2023	£792k	£541k
31/03/2022	£3.3m	£3.7m
31/03/2021	£1.5m	£341k

Common questions

Is NANAKSAR THATH ISHER DARBAR TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,108,715 against a policy target of twelve months' future expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £30,006 for the year and confirmed no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bruton Charles.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/06/2008	£10k	Our Heritage - Building for the Future

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL	1	£1.0m
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£84k
ANAND & SETHI FAMILY CHARITY TRUST	1	£68k
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY	1	£15k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	1	£5k
THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST).

FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) income £536k
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST income £2.6m
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £589k
NATIONAL NUMERACY income £2.2m
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NANAKSAR THATH ISHER DARBAR TRUST	£812k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) FY2025	£536k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025	£2.6m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	above	—	no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025	£133k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£589k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NATIONAL NUMERACY FY2024	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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