DECCAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1142905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DHF

Provides funding to art and culture, local authorities, charities and NGOs in respect of conservation, educational and sustainable development and cultural heritage projects in the Deccan region of India.

Objects

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF MONUMENTS OF HISTROICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPRTANCE WITHIN THE DECCAN REGION OF INDIA BY:(A) THE STUDY AND PRESERVATION OF BUDDHIST, HINDU, JAIN, ISLAMIC, CHRISTIAN AND OTHER HISTORIC MONUMENTS IN THE DECCAN;(C) RECORDING, CATALOGUING, PHOTOGRAPHING AND DIGITISING OF THESE HISTORIC MONUMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO A WIDER INTERESTED PUBLIC;(D) THE CREATION OF AWARENESS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS ABOUT HOW THE SUSTAINABLE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC MONUMENTS IS SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL;(E) THE ORGANISATION OF EVENTS, PUBLICATION OF BOOKS AND COMMISSIONING OF FILMS THAT SHOWCASE THE MONUMENTS AND HERITAGE OF THE DECCAN; AND(F) THE NUTURING OF COMMUNITY INTEREST TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC MONUMENTS, FOSTER LOCAL CRAFTS AND SAFEGUARD THE SURROUNDING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Area of benefit: 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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remain in healthy condition, although the Statement of Financial Activities reports a net expenditure of £6,207 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Total funds carried forward decreased from £34,815 to £28,608, with unrestricted reserves standing at £28,608. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07579815

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.

• MEHTA, Abhishek — director, appointed 16/09/2020on trustee list
• BLOCH SALOZ, Stephane — director, appointed 08/03/2012not on trustee list
• MICHELL, George Alexander — director, appointed 20/05/2011on trustee list
• PHILON, Helene — director, appointed 28/03/2011not on trustee list
• VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary, appointed 28/03/2011

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHANE BLOCH SALOZchair
• Abhishek Mehta
• DR GEORGE ALEXANDER MICHELL
• Dr HELEN PHILON

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

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