GURU NANAK NISHKAM EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1102555 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GNNET

The Charity currently operates a day nursery whilst developing infrastructure for a sikh ethos multi-faith school.

Objects

TO CREATE, SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN A SIKH ETHOS ENVIRONMENT WITHIN OUR MODERN AND DIVERSE MULTI-FAITH BRITISH SOCIETY AND INTERFAITH CONTEXT.ALL OR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS WHICH FULFIL OR ARE RELEVANT TO THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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: Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £38,848 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves increasing to £874,782. The Trustees confirm that the current level of funding is adequate to support the continuation of current activities and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Rent paid to related party
“Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Birmingham Rent paid 71,341 71,341”
“Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Leeds Rent paid and utilities 29,745 26,720”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent paid and utilities to related party
“Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Birmingham Rent paid 71,341 71,341”
“Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Leeds Rent paid and utilities 29,745 26,720”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Purchases of services from related party
“Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Birmingham Rent paid 71,341 71,341”
“Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Leeds Rent paid and utilities 29,745 26,720”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Nishkam Security Limited
“The principal activities during the year were the operation of three full day care nursery’s and also that of a 25% holding in its subsidiary Nishkam Security Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BSN Associates Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£875k
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2023£985k£1.0m
31/03/2022£861k£1.0m
31/03/2021£844k£792k

Common questions

Is GURU NANAK NISHKAM EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £38,848 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves increasing to £874,782. The Trustees confirm that the current level of funding is adequate to support the continuation of current activities and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BSN Associates Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK1£0

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GURU NANAK NISHKAM EDUCATION TRUST£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK FY2024£655k—0unclear—no doubt
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (LEEDS) UK FY2024£763k—0unclear—no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£117k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK FY2025£4.4m—0unclear—no doubt
GURU NANAK SATSANG SABHA (KARMSAR) UK FY2025£511kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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