BRANDON HOUSE LIMITED

Registered charity 1172517 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Letting and operating of Conference and Exhibition Centre and letting and operating real estate

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN DENOMINATION OF THE HINDU RELIGION BASED UPON THE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES OF BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN; AND TO FOSTER THE PRACTICE AND WORSHIP OF THE AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN DENOMINATION OF THE HINDU RELIGION AS REVEALED BY BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN. THESE VEDIC TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES, BASED ON THE BRAHMA SUTRAS, UPANISHADS AND BHAGAVAD GITA, AS WELL AS OTHER FOUNDATIONAL HINDU SCRIPTURES, ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS SWAMINARAYAN DARSHAN OR AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM UPASANA Û THAT IS, WORSHIPPING BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN AS PURNA PURUSHOTTAM NARAYAN (THE SUPREME AND ONE GOD) BY PURIFYING ONESELF AND BECOMING ONE WITH GUNATITANAND SWAMI AS AKSHARBRAHMAN (GODÆS ETERNAL ABODE), ALSO KNOWN AS BRAHMARUP, THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION OF THE CURRENT BRAHMASWARUP GURU. AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM UPASANA IS FURTHER BASED ON THE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF EKANTIK DHARMA (NAMELY DHARMA, GNAN, VAIRAGYA AND BHAKTI) AND ITS TEACHINGS ARE PROPAGATED AND ENUNCIATED BY THE SPIRITUAL SUCCESSORS OF BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN, NAMELY AKSHARBRAHMAN GUNATITANAND SWAMI, SHRI PRAGJI BHAKTA (ALSO KNOWN AS BHAGATJI MAHARAJ), SHASTRI YAGNAPURUSHDAS (ALSO KNOWN AS SHASTRIJI MAHARAJ), SWAMI GNANJIVANDAS (ALSO KNOWN AS YOGIJI MAHARAJ), SHASTRI NARAYANSWARUPDAS (PRESENT SPIRITUAL HEAD, ALSO KNOWN AS PRAMUKH SWAMI MAHARAJ) AND HIS DIRECT SUCCESSOR AS SELECTED BY SHASTRI NARAYANSWARUPDAS AND THOSE DIRECT SUCCESSORS SELECTED IN THIS MANNER THEREAFTER.THE TRUSTEES SHALL PROCURE THAT THE CHARITY FOLLOWS THE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF BOCHASANWASI SHRI AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA OF BOCHASAN, DISTRICT KARIA, GUJARAT STATE, INDIA, AND ITS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST, REGISTERED IN INDIA UNDER THE BOMBAY PUBLIC TRUSTS ACT 1950 AND PUBLIC TRUST REGISTRATION NO. A/2500/AMDAVAD (HEREINAFTER ÔBAPS INDIA Ö).IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OUTLINED ABOVE, THE CHARITY MAY:(1) PROVIDE RELIEF TO PERSONS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;(2) PRESERVE AND SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF ALL PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING ADDICTED TO OR DEPENDENT UPON ILLEGAL DRUGS OF ANY DESCRIPTION, ALCOHOL, SOLVENTS OR OTHER ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES;(3) ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; (4) PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION SO AS TO DEVELOP PARTICIPANTSÆ PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES; AND(5) FOR THOSE PURPOSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO ALLOW OTHER CHARITIES HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTS TO OCCUPY ANY OF ITS PREMISES AT NIL OR NOMINAL RENT.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £13,531,798 and generated a net income of £2,075,806 for the year. The trustees confirm the charity will continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due, supported by its parent undertaking's assurance of financial assistance if required. The charity holds cash reserves of £176,736 against a policy target of meeting operating costs for at least one year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Risk management

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £8.2m. 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 ~24.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Mayank Ramanlal Shah · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ghanshyam Ramparia · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR Jitendrakumar Patel · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.