BRENT SIKH CENTRE

Registered charity 1045458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

carries out philantrophic activities in support of educational, social and religious services

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SIKH RELIGION (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A SIKH REFERENCE LIBRARY AND THE TEACHING OF THE PUNJABI AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES AND ORIENTAL MUSIC AND CRAFTS;(C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; (D) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AS AFORESAID AND QUALIFIED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES:

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£321k
Latest spending
£221k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £3,018,448, with total net assets reaching £4,465,178. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which the Trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the Charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year (held: £3.0m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserve of the charity, at a level which the Trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the Charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Richard Anthony. Discloses 5 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Camden · City Of Westminster · Ealing · Harrow · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£321k£221k
31/12/2023£418k£282k
31/12/2022£235k£169k
31/12/2021£156k£128k
31/12/2020£95k£124k

Common questions

Is BRENT SIKH CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £3,018,448, with total net assets reaching £4,465,178. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Richard Anthony.