GURU NANAK GURDWARA SOUTH BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 1107767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GURU NANAK GURDWARA

Provision of a place of worship for the Sikh community and for the congregation to take free langar (food).

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Latest income

£569k

Latest spending

£436k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,516,206 as of 30 April 2024, with a net incoming resource of £166,272 for the year. The trustees indicate that this level of reserves is maintained to ensure continuity of activities in the event of a significant drop in income. The filing is an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The principle sources OF come are donations and rental income from investovents properties” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £2.5m)

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Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£569k

Total spending

£436k

Cost of raising funds

£318k

Reserves (reported)

£152k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 55.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHUHAR SINGHchair
KARNAIL SINGH SANGHA
MANMEL SINGH SANDHU
MOHINDER SINGH PUREWAL

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£569k	£436k
30/04/2024	£520k	£354k
30/04/2023	£342k	£292k
30/04/2022	£303k	£213k
30/04/2021	£158k	£126k

Common questions

Is GURU NANAK GURDWARA SOUTH BIRMINGHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,516,206 as of 30 April 2024, with a net incoming resource of £166,272 for the year. The trustees indicate that this level of reserves is maintained to ensure continuity of activities in the event of a significant drop in income. The filing is an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK	1	£0

Charities like this

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

THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK income £5.0m
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £117k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA income £854k
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK income £655k
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) income £2.5m
GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHAT SINGH SABHA PRESTON income £136k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GURU NANAK GURDWARA SOUTH BIRMINGHAM	£569k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK FY2025	£5.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£117k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA FY2025	£854k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK FY2024	£655k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) FY2025	£2.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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