SWAMINARAYAN GURUKUL UK

Registered charity 1125072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHREE SWAMINARAYAN GURUKUL PARIVAR UK

SSGP IS DEDICATED TO FULFILLING THE SPIRITUAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHILE PROMOTING INNER PEACE AND HARMONY BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, WITHIN FAMILIES, AND AMONGST DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITY WORK INCLUDES NURTURING CHILDREN, PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING, FOSTERING EDUCATION, ENCOURAGING SPORTS, SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATING HINDUISM.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£333k

Latest spending

£186k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £147,321 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,226,344. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's 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

Related-party transaction: The document discloses a loan to a wholly owned subsidiary (Swaminarayan Gurukul UK Ltd) and donations to another charity (SGVP India). However, it does not explicitly state that trustees or their connected parties are the recipients of these funds or that these constitute 'related party transactions' in the standard sense of trustee benefit. The trustee R M Hirani is listed as a Trustee and the Examiner is Suresh Hirani (likely related to Hirani & Co), but no payment to trustees is disclosed. Per strict rules, no explicit related-party *transaction* involving trustees is stated.

“Debtors include loan of £674,999 to Swaminarayan Gurukul UK Ltd to Invest in properties and related investments. The company is wholly owned by the charity.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Swaminarayan Gurukul UK Ltd

“In June 2023, the charity acquired all the shares in Swaminarayan Gurukul UK Ltd, a company registerd in England and Wales. The purpose of the share acquisition was to use the company as a vehicle to invest surplus trust funds in properties and related investments.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SWAMINARAYAN GURUKUL UK (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £610k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

GOVIND KARSAN RAGHVANI
GOVIND LALJI PATEL
HARESH PATEL
NARAN KANJI BHIMJI RAGHVANI
RAVJI MULJI HIRANI
Shashikant Karsandas Vekaria

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · India · Kenya · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£333k	£186k
31/08/2024	£251k	£76k
31/08/2023	£244k	£220k
31/08/2022	£219k	£181k
31/08/2021	£159k	£23k

Common questions

Is SWAMINARAYAN GURUKUL UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £147,321 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,226,344. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 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
THE OAKDALE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHREE SWAMINARAYAN AGYNA UPASNA SATSANG MANDAL UK.

SHREE SWAMINARAYAN AGYNA UPASNA SATSANG MANDAL UK income £895k
SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR VASNA SANSTHA income £1.1m
SHREE SWAMINARAYAN SATSANG (S.S.S) income £1.1m
SHREE KUTCH SATSANG SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE (MANDIR) LONDON income £2.6m
THE BRAHMIN SOCIETY NORTH LONDON income £121k
SHREE KUTCH SATSANG SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE - SOUTH EAST LONDON income £387k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SWAMINARAYAN GURUKUL UK	£333k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHREE SWAMINARAYAN AGYNA UPASNA SATSANG MANDAL UK FY2024	£895k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR VASNA SANSTHA FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
SHREE SWAMINARAYAN SATSANG (S.S.S) FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHREE KUTCH SATSANG SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE (MANDIR) LONDON FY2024	£2.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRAHMIN SOCIETY NORTH LONDON FY2025	£121k	—	above	—	no doubt

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