SIKH EMPOWERMENT VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION (S.E.V.A)

Registered charity 1168776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S. E. V. A

The Charity?s main objectives are to reach out and provide support and aid to individuals who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress as a result of local or national disaster or by reason of their social and economic circumstances and to advance and promote the Sikh religion.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE SIKH RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:-I)THE PREPARATION & DISTRIBUTION OF WARM MEALS TO HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE INDIVIDUALS;II)THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS TO THE HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE INDIVIDUALS; III)THE PROMOTION OF OTHER QUALIFIED SERVICE PROVIDERS BY SIGNPOSTING THEIR DETAILS TO HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE INDIVIDUALS DIRECTING THEM TO REQUEST FORMAL ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER SPECIALIST GOVERNMENT AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS LEADING INDIVIDUALS TO SECURE ACCOMODATION AND EMPLOYMENT.IV) THE BENEFICIARIES ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN A STATE OF EXTREME HARDSHIP, HOMELESS, AND OR DESTITUTE. THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THEIR EXTREME POVERTY SITUATION WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FROM CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS.V)THE MEAL IS OFFERED ON AN UNCONDITIONAL BASIS, WITH NO CHARGE OR EXPECTATION OF ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM THE BENEFICIARY.THE ABOVE LIST IS NOT EXCLUSIVE OR EXHAUSTIVE NOR SET IN ORDER OF PRIORITY, THE TRUSTEES MAY INCLUDE FURTHER ACTIVITIES FROM TIME TOTIME WHICH WILL SUPPORT ONE OR MORE THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY, ALL OF WHICH SHALL BE TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £103,520 against total net assets of £114,953, indicating a strong liquidity position with cash at bank of £104,193. The trustees report a net surplus of £23,499 for the year, noting that no trustee or volunteer receives remuneration and all work is carried out on a voluntary basis.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — S.E.V.A - Sikh Empowerment Voluntary Association (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hardeep Sunnar
• Parminder Cholia
• Tajinder Ghatoura

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · City Of London · Essex · Hackney · Havering · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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