BAPS CHARITIES

Registered charity 1123367 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(a) To relieve persons who are in need, hardship, poverty, sickness and distress as a result of natural or manmade disasters or by reason of their social and economic circumstances.(b) To relieve sickness and preserve and protect the health of persons.(c) To advance the education of people of all ages including promotion of Indian art, culture, heritage and tradition.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS PRIMARILY IN INDIA AND THE UK WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP, POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF NATURAL OR MANMADE DISASTERS OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PERSONS LIVING PRIMARILY IN INDIA AND THE UK.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LIVING PRIMARILY IN THE UK AND INDIA, INCLUDING PROMOTION OF INDIAN ART, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND TRADITION.

Area of benefit: INDIA AND THE UK.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brent, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,502,221, an increase from the previous year's £1,090,612. The trustees conduct an annual review of reserves to ensure sufficient funds are held to manage risks and meet objectives, though no specific monetary target is stated. The charity reported a net income of £411,609 and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BAPS CHARITIES (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ARVINDKUMAR PATEL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hemal Patel
• MUKESH PATEL
• Piyush Patel
• SANJAY KARA · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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Side by side with its peers

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