Sangam Foundation
To promote any charitable purpose for the benefits of the wider community by advancing education, protecting health, relieving poverty, distress and sickness, to promote cultural activities and generally undertake any charitable activities.To give advice in social welfare, immigration, debt etc and counselling for victims of domestic violence and mental health.
Objects
2.1 The Company’s Objects are:to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community, including:2.1.1 the advancement of education;2.1.2 the protection of good mental and physical health;2.1.3 the relief of poverty, sickness and distress;2.1.4 the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for residents,particularly but not exclusively by the provisions of grant funding.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,090,343, with unrestricted reserves standing at £3,431,830. The charity reported a net income of £30,218 for the year, driven by charitable activities and investment income. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 5
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 15
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £3,678 — grants £3,678 (1); 2% of the £182,845 total gross income on the same return
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 04/06/2024, 125 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- SUDHA SANGHANIchair
- PIYUSHA VIRANI
- Parul Gajjar
- SADHNA KARIA
- Suchitra Kabra
- shobhna Shah
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £238k | £208k |
| 31/03/2024 | £258k | £153k |
| 31/03/2023 | £183k | £137k |
| 31/03/2022 | £213k | £319k |
| 31/03/2021 | £299k | £312k |
Common questions
Is Sangam Foundation financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,090,343, with unrestricted reserves standing at £3,431,830. The charity reported a net income of £30,218 for the year, driven by charitable activities and investment income. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Sangam Foundation?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Sangam Foundation as a grant recipient include GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £125k | |
| GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £21k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/07/2018 | £10k | ASIAN BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING SERVICE |
| City Bridge Foundation | 20/09/2017 | £183k | Grant to Sangam Association of Asian Women |
| London Borough of Barnet | 04/07/2017 | £3k | Grant to Sangam Assoc Of Asian Women |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/07/2015 | £10k | Sangam Group Therapy Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/08/2013 | £10k | Sangam Outreach Counselling Service |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/03/2011 | £10k | Young Dragons |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 07/12/2010 | £119k | Domestic Violence Counselling Service |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE GOYAL FOUNDATION | 1 | £10k |
| KADWA PATIDAR SAMAJ (UK) LIMITED | 1 | £1k |
Charities like this
- Sandringham Charitable Foundation
- LONDON SEVASHRAM SANGHA
- TAMANG SAMAJ UK LTD
- NANAKSAR SATSANG SABHA
- THE KHAYAMI FOUNDATION
- NARAYAN SEVA SANSTHAN UK
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sangam Foundation | £238k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Sandringham Charitable Foundation | £170k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| LONDON SEVASHRAM SANGHA | £47k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| TAMANG SAMAJ UK LTD | £27k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NANAKSAR SATSANG SABHA | £533k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE KHAYAMI FOUNDATION | £25k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |