THE SHARAN PROJECT

Registered charity 1149094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHARAN

The primary objective of the charity is to ensure that South East Asian women who have been estranged from their families due to forced marriage, domestic violence or honour abuse have access to support, information and resources to help them become productive independent members of society.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY HELPING VULNERABLE WOMEN WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO HAVING BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE HOME BECAUSE OF A HOSTILE OR ABUSIVE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY). TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, AND TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced a significant drop in funding, resulting in a net deficit of £5,229 for the year. Consequently, unrestricted reserves were reduced to £13,518, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining three to six months of annual running costs. The trustees note that they have actively engaged in cost-cutting and continue to seek long-term funding to secure alternative sources.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Sharan Project (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amrit Rana
• Amritpal Singh Maan · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEFFREY PRESCOTT
• Kai Akram
• Nusrat Zamir
• Preity Boncaldo Chhiber

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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