GURDWARA DASMESH DARBAR

Registered charity 1108287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MANAGMENT OF RELIGIOUS PLACE OF WORSHIP

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE SIKH RELIGION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF NEWHAM, REDBRIDGE, BARKING & DAGENHAM AND WALTHAM FOREST

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£376k

Latest spending

£163k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £3,802,650 from £3,589,612 in the prior year, driven by incoming resources of £3,802,650 against expenditure of £3,589,612. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,802,650, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of building reserves to £2.7M to utilize in expanding capacity and making the facility self-sufficient.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: BUILD UP RESERVES TO UTILISE IN EXPANDING CAPACITY AND MAKING FACILITY SELF SUFFICIENT £2.7M (held: £3.8m)

“BUILD UP RESERVES TO UTILISE IN EXPANDING CAPACITY AND MAKING FACILITY SELF SUFFICIENT £2.7M”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

HARJINDER SINGHchair
MOHINDER SINGH
NARANJAN SINGH
SHAMSHER SINGH

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£376k	£163k
31/03/2024	£343k	£143k
31/03/2023	£289k	£127k
31/03/2022	£293k	£117k
31/03/2021	£200k	£86k

Common questions

Is GURDWARA DASMESH DARBAR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £3,802,650 from £3,589,612 in the prior year, driven by incoming resources of £3,802,650 against expenditure of £3,589,612. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,802,650, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of building reserves to £2.7M to utilize in expanding capacity and making the facility self-sufficient. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE).

SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) income £2.5m
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK income £655k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA income £528k
GURDWARA GURU NANAK PARKASH, COVENTRY income £1.0m
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £117k
GURU NANAK SATSANG SIKH TEMPLE income £159k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GURDWARA DASMESH DARBAR	£376k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) FY2025	£2.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK FY2024	£655k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA FY2025	£528k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURDWARA GURU NANAK PARKASH, COVENTRY FY2025	£1.0m	—	below	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£117k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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