SRI GURU SINGH SABHA HITCHIN HERTS

Registered charity 1107100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SINGH SABHA GURDWARA HITCHIN, SRI GURU SINGH SABHA GURDWARA HITCHIN

The Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara (SGSSH) operates to support, enhance and promote the welfare of the local Hitchin and North Hertfordshire community. Centred on the teachings of the Sikh religion, the charity provides both faith and non-faith based services to over 700 beneficiaries, enhancing social interaction and cultural diversity capabilities within the community.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE SIKH RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB (THE SIKH HOLY BOOK) AND FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECT:- (A) TO ARRANGE REGULAR CONGREGATIONS OF THE SADH SANGAT (PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAITH IN SIKHISM) TO WORSHIP AKALPURKH (THE IMMORTAL ONE) IN THE GURU'S WAY(B) TO CELEBRATE 'GURPURABS' (ANNIVERSARIES OF THE SIKH RELIGION) AND OTHER SIKH FESTIVALS.(C) TO INVITE SPEAKERS, PREACHERS AND OTHER LEARNED PERSONS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO GIVE LECTURES ON SIKH HISTORY AND TO EXPLAIN THE PREACHINGS OF THE TEN GURUS AND THEIR MISSION.(D) TO DISTRIBUTE BOOKS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS LITERATURE WHICH ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE ABOUT THE SIKH RELIGION.(E) TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WORSHIP THE AKALPURKH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GURU GRANTH SAHIB, TO ATTEND GURDWARA REGULARLY AND TO KEEP FAITH ONLY IN SIKHISM .(F) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR TEACHING THE PUNJABI LANGUAGE TO SIKH CHILDREN.(G) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR PERFORMING MARRIAGES AND OTHER RITES ACCORDING TO SIKH TRADITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.(H) TO ARRANGE NAME GIVING CEREMONIES FOR NEW BORN BABIES OF SIKH FAMILIES(I) TO CARRY ON ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH MAY FURTHER OR ADVANCE THE SIKH RELIGION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE HITCHIN AREA OF NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE.

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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Registered contact address: North Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds total unrestricted funds of £4,805,732, an increase from £4,742,280 in the prior year. The accounts state that the charity is self-sufficient and has acquired an additional investment property to ensure efficient functioning. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Keelings Limited. 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.

• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 29/01/2024, 90 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 09/01/2023, 70 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amarjit Singh Bath
• Amrik Singh Shergill
• Gurcharan Singh Flora
• Gurjit Singh Kalirai · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mukhtiar Singh Thind
• Santokh Singh
• Sarvpreet Singh Kohli
• Shamsher Singh Bachra
• Sukhdev Singh Basra
• Sukhvinder Singh Dhaliwal
• Surjeet Singh Sidhu
• Verinder Singh Pangalia

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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