NAVNAT VANIK ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Registered charity 1173042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NAVNAT UK, NVA UK

ORGANIZES RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, SPORT, RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF NAVNAT VANIK COMMUNITY IN THE UK AND ABROAD WITH EMPHASIS IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA. DONATES TO OTHER CHARITIES IN UK AND ABROAD ON A REGULAR BASIS AND PROMOTES THE JAIN AND HINDU RELIGIONS.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS BELONGING TO THE NAVNAT VANIK COMMUNITY, EITHER BY DESCENT OR MARRIAGE (HEREINAFTER CALLED ‘THE COMMUNITY’) RESIDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REST OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR TO:(A) ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION;(B) PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR PERSONS BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY.(2) TO PROMOTE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE JAIN AND HINDU RELIGION FAITHS, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP

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 · Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £263,113 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total funds increasing to £6,157,582. The trustees maintain free reserves of £855,474, which exceeds their stated policy target of approximately £350,000. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by AKS Advisers Limited. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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 — Navnat Vanik Association (UK) (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~65.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (51% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JASWANTRAI RATILAL DOSHI Presidentchair
• Anup Chandulal Mehta · trustee of 3 other charities
• Bakulchandra Kothari Treasurer
• DILIP VITHALJEE MITHANI
• DIVYESH MANSUKHLAL KAMDAR
• HASUMATI VINODRAI DOSHI
• KETAN JASHAPARA Treasurer
• KIRIT BATAVIA
• KISHORCHANDRA VORA V.P
• KISHOREKUMAR GIRDHARLAL BATAVIA
• MAYUR DOSHI
• Mayur Sanghvi
• Mihir Kamdar
• Nimish Sheth G SEC
• PIYUSH JAISUKH VORA VPresident
• SANGEETA BAVISHA
• SHIRISHKUMAR BABULAL MITHANI
• SUBHASH KANTILAL BAKHAI
• Vaishali Mehta

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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