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HINDU TEMPLE AND CULTURAL TRUST CENTRE, HOUNSLOW, MIDDLESEX

Registered charity 1045242 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HINDU CULTURAL TRUST CENTRE, HOUNSLOW, MIDDLESEX

THE PLACE OF THE CHARITY IS HOUNSLOW.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£482k
Latest spending
£195k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £286,273 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £2,789,152. The trustees maintain that these reserves are sufficient to cover between three and six months of expenditure, aligning with their stated policy. The filing confirms the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies
“Donation and gifts 481,769.00” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £2.8m)
“It is the policy of the Hindu Temple that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£482k£195k
31/03/2024£335k£179k
31/03/2023£211k£151k
31/03/2022£172k£116k
31/03/2021£74k£123k

Common questions

Is HINDU TEMPLE AND CULTURAL TRUST CENTRE, HOUNSLOW, MIDDLESEX financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £286,273 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £2,789,152. The trustees maintain that these reserves are sufficient to cover between three and six months of expenditure, aligning with their stated policy. The filing confirms the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Hounslow21/03/2022£2kGrant to Lakshmi Narayen Temple