BRADFORD ARTS CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1055488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KALA SANGAM, KALA SANGAM SOUTH ASIAN ARTS, KALA SANGAM THE ACADEMY OF SOUTH ASIAN PERFORMING ARTS

KALA SANGAM is an intercultural arts hub which aims to reflect the diversity of contemporary Britain through the work we present, the artists we support and the communities we engage. In Sanskrit, 'Kala' means arts and 'Sangam' means a meeting point. Specialising in South Asian arts and culture, most of our work takes place in our Arts Centre in the heart of Bradford.

Objects

The Objects are:3.1 the advancement of education amongst the public, in particular but not exclusively in the appreciation and practice of intercultural arts; and3.2 the promotion of equality and diversity by fostering understanding between people from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to persons with physical, sensory or learning disabilities, in particular but not exclusively through the use of intercultural arts.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £2,755,912 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven primarily by capital grant income. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves remain modest at £238,014, noting that the operational surplus allows them to enter the new financial year with reserves untouched.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KJA Kilner Johnson Ltd. Discloses 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

What the charity says about itself (2024/25)

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Debbani GHOSH
• Deepak Kumar SHARMA · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Wilson
• Rashmi Sudhir
• Sufyan Abid DOGRA
• Tanja TOLAR

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADFORD CULTURE COMPANY LIMITED.

• BRADFORD CULTURE COMPANY LIMITED income £26.8m
• LONDON SEVASHRAM SANGHA income £47k
• KALA, THE ARTS income £133k
• HINDU CULTURAL SOCIETY OF BRADFORD income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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