SURREY GUJURATI HINDU SOCIETY

Registered charity 1128549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion and advancement of Education, Hindu Religion, Arts and Culture for young and old.

Objects

1 THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, HINDU RELIGION, ARTS AND CULTURE AMONGST THE GUJARATI HINDUS IN SOUTH ENGLAND AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY2 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CROYDON, MERTON, LAMBETH, BROMLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREASTHE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF SURREY, CROYDON, MERTON, LAMBETH, BROMLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £12,840 for the period ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £43,354. The trustees consider the charity to be in a stable position with assets adequate to fulfil its obligations and continue its planned activities. Total society funds (reserves) stood at £167,821.

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 3 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amit Popatji Gohil Mr.
• BHAVNABEN PATEL
• DINESH PATEL
• GHANSHYAMBHAI PATEL
• HANSA SHAH
• Hawo Patel
• Husmukhbhai Patel
• Jignesh Patel
• Kausikbhai Patel
• MANJULABEN PATEL
• PUSHPKANT PATEL
• Prakashbhai Patel
• RAMESHBHAI PATEL
• Subashbhai Patel
• Suvernaben Patel
• USHABEN BHATT

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

Operates in: Bromley · Croydon · Lambeth · Merton

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GUJARATI CULTURAL SOCIETY.

• GUJARATI CULTURAL SOCIETY income £36k
• HINDU RELIGIOUS SOCIETY income £89k
• HINDU CULTURAL ORGANISATION income £55k
• SHRI HINDU COMMUNITY CENTRE income £279k
• UNITED KINGDOM HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £50k
• GURJAR HINDU UNION (GHU) LTD income £563k

Side by side with its peers

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