BOCHASANWASI SHRI AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA

Registered charity 1143083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAPS, BAPS SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA

A socio-religious Hindu charitabe organisation operating temples and centres throughout the UK to promote the Hindu faith.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets were £27.31m, with unrestricted reserves of £25.81m, which the trustees consider sufficient to fund ongoing costs for at least one year. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £390,523 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £16.22m. The trustees confirmed that the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by P.S.J. Alexander & Co. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 1 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj — spiritual and administrative leadership (source)
• His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj — previous leader of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANUP VYAS
• ARVINDKUMAR PATEL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Mayank Ramanlal Shah · trustee of 1 other charity
• JITU PATEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• SANJAY KARA · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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