THE UNITED SIKH ASSOCIATION GURU GOBIND SINGH GUDWARA

Registered charity 1071296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNITED SIKH ASSOCIATION GURU GOBIND SINGH GUDWARA

The main activities of the Charity is to provide a place of worship for Sikhs and to advance Sikh faith among Sikh community of Bradford and surrounding areas.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE SIKH RELIGIONB) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BOTH GENERALLY AND IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SIKH FAITHC) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO POOR AND NEEDYD) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION

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.

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Latest income

£570k

Latest spending

£430k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,237,747, which exceeds the charity's stated policy target of maintaining funds equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities, although they note a dependency on continuing donations and grants for going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 6 months unrestricted expenditure (held: £5.2m)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which equate to approximately 6 months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity is entirely dependent on continuing donations, grants and gift aid rebates and as a consequence the going concern basis is also dependent on the continuing donations, grants and gift aid rebates.” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£570k

Total spending

£430k

Reserves (reported)

£50k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Balwinder Singh Bains
Gurjit Singh
Karenjeet Kaur
Rajwinder Singh Gill
Satnam Singh

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£570k	£430k
31/12/2023	£665k	£391k
31/12/2022	£454k	£283k
31/12/2021	£281k	£187k
31/12/2020	£323k	£247k

Common questions

Is THE UNITED SIKH ASSOCIATION GURU GOBIND SINGH GUDWARA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,237,747, which exceeds the charity's stated policy target of maintaining funds equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong position to continue its activities, although they note a dependency on continuing donations and grants for going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION.

THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION income £214k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA income £854k
RAMGARHIA SIKH ASSOCIATION, WOOLWICH income £302k
GURU MANEYO GRANTH GURDWARA income £1.8m
RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE, BRADFORD income £122k
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE UNITED SIKH ASSOCIATION GURU GOBIND SINGH GUDWARA	£570k	—	above	—	noted
THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA FY2025	£854k	—	above	—	no doubt
RAMGARHIA SIKH ASSOCIATION, WOOLWICH FY2024	£302k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU MANEYO GRANTH GURDWARA FY2025	£1.8m	—	above	—	no doubt
RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE, BRADFORD FY2024	£122k	—	unclear	—	noted

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