ARKA MAHAGANAPATHY

Registered charity 1126064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting wellbeing through yoga music, dance, meditative practice& colourful cultural activities. Understanding how the environment influenced ancient civilisations thousands of years ago to produce life transforming scriptures & literature like the Vedas with deep knowledge about life & the universe through which even today we can learn and improve our quality of life and the world we live in.

Objects

TO PROMOTE GOOD MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF YOGA, DHAYANA, BHARATNATYAM DANCE AND MEDITATION.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SANSKRIT TEACHINGS AND THE ANCIENT VEDAS IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO MORAL VALUES, ETHICS AND HEALTH ISSUES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £21,454.66 at the year end, representing a net movement in funds of £19,514.66 for the period. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. The charity was entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06304828 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ARKA MAHAGANAPATHY (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RAJESWARAN, Mandaleswaran — director, appointed 01/06/2013on trustee list
• KOTECHA, Rakhee — director, appointed 06/07/2007on trustee list
• ARKA, Mahaguru Yogi — director, appointed 06/07/2007on trustee list
• KOTECHA, Dharmesh Surendar — director, appointed 06/07/2007on trustee list
• MAGDANI, Bihari — director, appointed 06/07/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MAHAGURU YOGI ARKAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BIHARI MAGDANI
• DHARMESH KOTECHA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mandaleswaran Rajeswaran
• PRIYA YOGARAJAH
• RAKHEE KOTECHA

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

Operates in: Harrow · India · Merton

Income and spending

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