SGGSJ Telford

Registered charity 1045088 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GURU NANAK DARBAR GURUDWARA OAKENGATES, TELFORD, Gurdwara - Siri Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Telford), Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Oakengates, PUNJABI CULTURAL SOCIETY, PUNJABI CULTURAL SOCIETY, OAKENGATES

Place of worship

Objects

A.TO PROMOTE THE SIKH RELIGION THROUGH THE HOLDING OF RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. B.TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF TELFORD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TUITION IN BOTH PUNJABI AND ENGLISH. C.TO PROMOTE FACILITIES IN INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF TELFORD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT. D.TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN TELFORD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: TELFORD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the keeping of accounting records or compliance with the Charities Act 2011 and associated regulations. The examiner stated they had no concerns and found no other matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~44.8 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 (89% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Davinder Singh Chhina
• Gurvir Singh Sundhers
• Inderjit Singh Gill
• Joginder Singh Bdesha
• Sukhvir Singh Sidhu

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

Operates in: Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GHAUSIA MOSQUE.

• GHAUSIA MOSQUE income £248k
• CALVARY CHAPEL MANSFIELD LIMITED income £143k
• SHRI GURU VALMIK SABHA income £111k
• KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS YOU CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
• TITHE CHARITABLE TRUST income £165k
• GRATEFUL GIVING income £237k

Side by side with its peers

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