SIKH COMMUNITY AND YOUTH SERVICE (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE)
Sikh Community & Youth Service was set up in 1988 and is a registered charity who has grown into an established community resource for Sikhs in Nottingham, with a strong reputation in improving the lives of our users through education, outreach work, volunteering and training.
Objects
1) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN RECREATIONOCCUPATION FOR BENEFICIARIES OF ALL AGES. TO PROVIDE LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIESTO FURTHER DEVELOP PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITY OF THEBENEFICIARIES SO THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.2) ADVANCEMENT IN EDUCATION BY MULTI-MEDIA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,FURTHERMORE BY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE OF HERITAGE, ARTS AND CULTUREAND/OR RAISING AWARENESS OF DIVERSITY.3) TO ADVANCE THE SIKH RELIGION4) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year in a stable position with unrestricted cash reserves of £130,554. The trustees report that the organisation is entering the new financial year in a steady and confident financial position, despite not having its own permanent property. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.
What the accounts disclose
“We currently have a small amount in reserve earmarked towards staff salary or running costs in an emergency should the need arise in the interim of identifying other sources of funding.” — page 3
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
- HARVIR KAUR PURAWAL
- Iqbal Singh Sanghera
- PARAMJIT KAUR SANDHU
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £27k | £40k |
| 31/03/2024 | £18k | £22k |
| 31/03/2023 | £22k | £15k |
| 31/03/2022 | £9k | £21k |
| 31/03/2021 | £55k | £63k |
Common questions
Is SIKH COMMUNITY AND YOUTH SERVICE (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year in a stable position with unrestricted cash reserves of £130,554. The trustees report that the organisation is entering the new financial year in a steady and confident financial position, despite not having its own permanent property. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/04/2016 | £10k | Our Youth Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/07/2015 | £313k | Aspirations Wellbeing Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 01/12/2011 | £10k | Positively Healthy Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/01/2010 | £10k | Thriving Communities Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 08/11/2005 | £100k | Continue meeting needs of the Sikh community&to raise awareness in communit |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 20/09/2001 | £3k | "This group plan to hold a funday in Khalsa Wood with the aim of exploring the history of Sikhism and its relationship with the environment a" |