NISHTHA UK TRUST

Registered charity 1118248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education, to promote and protect good health and to review sickness by supporting the work of the Nishtha Rural Health, Education and Envirnment Centre in Himachel Pradesh, India, or in any other area in which Nishtha India may decide to work, providing free or subsidised health care to those who are socially or economically disadvantaged.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE SICKNESS BY SUPPORTING THE WORK AND INTERESTS OF THE NISHTHA RURAL HEALTH, EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENT CENTRE BASED IN HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA, WHICH ARE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE CHARITABLE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND BY SUPPORTING THE RUNNING OF NISHTHA INDIA'S CHARITABLE HEALTH CLINIC WHICH PROVIDES FREE OR SUBSIDISED HEALTH CARE TO THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN HIMACHAL PRADESH OR ANY OTHER AREA IN WHICH NISHTHA INDIA MAY DECIDE TO WORK, OFFERING APPROPRIATE MEDICINE AT FREE, SUBSIDISED OR NON-PROFIT RATES.

Area of benefit: HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £27,522.70 and made payments of £27,522.70, resulting in a net increase in cash funds of £10,899.54. The closing balance of unrestricted funds is reported as £55,314.44, held across current, savings, and deposit accounts. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the preparation of the accounts or compliance with the Charities Act 2011.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanna Wattchair
• DANIEL PATRICK RUSSELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr IMOGEN BATTERHAM
• Dr Maria-Teresa Heather
• Geraldine Gilbert · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Tansley

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

Operates in: India

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