SANGAT TRUST

Registered charity 1139995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANGAT

Please refer to the Governing Document and Trustees' Report

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SIKH ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE;(B) TO ADVANCE THE SIKH RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OFPRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCINGAND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON THE SIKH FAITH TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE SIKHRELIGION;(C) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TOINDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENTOR RELIEVE POVERTY; AND(D) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEBEEN AFFECTED BY DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, FORCED MARRIAGES,CASTE DISCRIMINATION, INFANTICIDE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH THE PROVISION OFEDUCATION, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.THESE ARE ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE 2006 ACT. FOR AS LONG AS THECOMPANY IS A CHARITY, ITS PURPOSES MAY ONLY BE ALTERED WITH THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THECHARITY COMMISSION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO SUCH CONSENT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFIONED. 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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £20,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £263,000 to £243,000. The trustees consider the adoption of the going concern basis appropriate, citing sufficient levels of funds and reserves to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP. Discloses 5 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Mohinder Singh Ahluwaliachair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Avtar Singh Chandan
• Gurpartap Singh Dhillon
• Jit Singh
• R S ATTWAL · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SANGAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• SANGAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £288k
• THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST income £120k
• THE SALAMANDER CHARITABLE TRUST income £48k
• GREAT PRIORY OF THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE FUND OF BENEVOLENCE income £36k
• THE GB TRUST income £57k
• FITTON TRUST income £100k

Side by side with its peers

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