NISHKAM CIVIC ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1100307 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NCA

The NCA facilitates personal, community, civic and sustainable transformation, guided by the practice of selfless service, for the wellbeing of communities, the environment and all creation. We draw upon the universal values from our rich heritage of empowerment, self-reliance and inclusivity to offer active learning, selfless volunteering, partnership working and cultural sensitivity.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE SIKH COMMUNITY IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE WEST MIDLANDS, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE SIKH COMMUNITY, BY THE PROPAGATION OF THE SIKH FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE TEN SIKH GURUS AND THE SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND POVERTY, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE PROVISIONS OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID COMMUNITY

Area of benefit: BIRMINGHAM AND THE WEST MIDLANDS

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £30,424 for the year, with total income of £1,060,517 against total expenditure of £1,090,941. However, the trustees consider the total reserves of £3,331,065 to be adequate to support the charity's objectives and confirm there is no material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC BSN Limited. 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Amrik Singh Bhabra — CEO (source)
• Ajit Singh Ubhi — Managing Director (source)
• Amrick Singh Ubhi DL — Director, Civic Engagement & Partnerships (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The National Lottery Community Fund has also provided match funding of £50,001 for the South Asian Family Support Hub Project.” (source page)
• Nationwide Foundation — “Grant Funding from Funder: £50,000” (source page)
• The Tudor Trust — “Grant Funding from Funder: £100,000” (source page)
• The Eveson Trust — “Grant Funding From Funder: £25,000” (source page)
• Action for Race Equality — “Grant Funding From Funder: £22,000” (source page)
• The Access to Justice Foundation — “Grant Funding From Funder: £195,300” (source page)
• Fairer Futures Fund — “Fairer Futures Locality Partnership Funding: £196,300” (source page)
• West Midlands Combined Authority — “Grant Funding From WMCA: £142,857” (source page)
• Macmillan Cancer Support — “Project Funding: £132,000” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £183k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~30.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 18.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr GOPINDER KAUR SAGOO
• Dr Jagdev Kaur Bhogal
• Dr Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia · trustee of 2 other charities
• GURINDER SINGH MANDLA
• Harr-Joth Kaur Padam
• JARNAIL SINGH BHINDER · trustee of 2 other charities
• PARMINDER SINGH JHUTTI · trustee of 1 other charity
• SHAMINDER SINGH RAI · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• JARNAIL SINGH BHINDER — trustee here and at THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK
• PARMINDER SINGH JHUTTI — trustee here and at THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION.

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION income £890k
• NORTH WALSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £96k
• NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k
• CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT income £2.1m
• NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.0m
• NISHKAM HEALTHCARE TRUST income £151k

Side by side with its peers

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