SIKH COMMUNITY AND YOUTH SERVICE (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE)

Registered charity 1027740 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIKH COMMUNITY & YOUTH SERVICE

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.

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Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a small amount in reserve earmarked towards staff salary or running costs in an emergency (held: £131k)

“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

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

HARVIR KAUR PURAWAL
Iqbal Singh Sanghera · trustee of 1 other charity
PARAMJIT KAUR SANDHU

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

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

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
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"