NAVRATRI GARBA

Registered charity 1089024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Navratri Garba now runs a Temple at 55 High Street, Cowley, Middx UB8 2DX and performs regular Havans for Mataji and Chandi Path. Other Activities include Providing music lessons to various age groups, regular religious Sunday programmes, Sunday Soup Kitchen, Yoga Classes, Navratri Festival Celebrations, Diwali Celebrations and celebrating all Hindu festivals.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE HINDU RELIGION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PERFORMANCE OF NAVRATRI GARBA RELIGION CELEBRATIONS (INCLUDING HAVAN OF GODDESS DURGA AND AMBA MAA) INDIGENOUS TO GUJARITIS. (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST THOSE WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF HELP IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £574,980, providing a buffer well above the stated policy of keeping adequate reserves for at least a year of operations. However, the charity has closed its primary temple operation and sold the premises, indicating a significant reduction in ongoing physical activities despite maintaining financial stability.

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 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.

• Complaints 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JASWANT RAI MAICHAchair
• NEAL LODHIA
• PARESH BHAI LODHIA
• SHARDABEN LODHIA
• TRINEAL CHANDRA MAICHA
• VINIKA MAICHA

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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