SIKH RELIEF

Registered charity 1125370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIKH ORGANISATION FOR PRISONER WELFARE

To provide help and assistance to the poor, needy and destitute predominantly in India but also worldwide where there is a need. Assistance includes providing aid via funding and grants for:1.Humanitarian Relief Work2.Medical Aid 3.Childrens Education4.Environmental Causes5.Promoting Sikh Ethos6.Self sufficiency and rehabilitation7. Aid/welfare for Sikh prisoners and their families

Objects

THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP, POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED OR DETAINED IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD ("PRISONERS") AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE. IN CARRYING OUT THE OBJECT THE TRUSTEES MAY NOT ACT CONTRARY TO THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF SIKHISM. THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, TO BE FURTHERED BY THE ACTIVITIES OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND AWARDS/ GRANTS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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 · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£178k

Latest spending

£143k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,277,432, representing a net surplus position with no formal reserve policy. The trustees report that funding is typically expended as needs arise, and the independent examiner confirmed that the accounts give a true and fair view without material concerns.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sikh Relief (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

BALBIR SINGH BAINSchair
Baldip Kaur Sidhu
JASWANT SINGH RANDHAWA

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · India · Nottinghamshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£178k	£143k
31/12/2023	£209k	£166k
31/12/2022	£256k	£147k
31/12/2021	£307k	£149k
31/12/2020	£290k	£128k

Common questions

Is SIKH RELIEF financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,277,432, representing a net surplus position with no formal reserve policy. The trustees report that funding is typically expended as needs arise, and the independent examiner confirmed that the accounts give a true and fair view without material concerns. Its FY2024 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
SSP FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GURU MANEYO GRANTH GURDWARA.

GURU MANEYO GRANTH GURDWARA income £1.8m
SANT ISHAR SINGH JI RARA SAHIB income £146k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH CULTURAL CENTRE income £103k
THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION income £214k
GURU NANAK DURBAR (SIKH TEMPLE), ERITH & BELVEDERE, KENT income £926k
EVERYTHINGS 13 income £623k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SIKH RELIEF	£178k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU MANEYO GRANTH GURDWARA FY2025	£1.8m	—	above	—	no doubt
SANT ISHAR SINGH JI RARA SAHIB FY2025	£146k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH CULTURAL CENTRE FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK DURBAR (SIKH TEMPLE), ERITH & BELVEDERE, KENT FY2024	£926k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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