INDIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF DORSET

Registered charity 1176026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICAD

What the charity does:General charitable purposesReligious activitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceHuman rights/religious or racialharmony/equality or diversityOther charitable purposesHow the charity worksProvides buildings/facilities/open spaceProvides servicesProvides advocacy/advice/informationActs as an umbrella or resource body

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ICAD IS TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE INDIAN CULTURE THROUGH ART FORMS, MUSIC,DANCE, YOGA, LITERATURE, MEDITATION AND SPIRITUAL LIVING AND TO ADVANCE THE RELIGIONS OF INDIANORIGIN (HINDUISM, SIKHISM, BUDDHISM, AND JAINISM) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. IN FURTHERANCE OF THATOBJECT (BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE) THE ICAD MAY:A) ACT AS A SPIRITUAL CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL COMMUNITIES AND RELIGIOUSBACKGROUNDS, PARTICULARLY OF INDIA ORIGINB) ACT AS A CENTER FOR INTEGRATION AND PROMOTION OF PEACEFULCO-EXISTENCE OF INDIVIDUALS FROM MULTIPLE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDSC) BE A CENTER FOR EXCHANGE OF CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL IDEAS ORIGINATING FROM INDIA AND FROMALL OVER THE WORLD.D) PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGH VOLUNTARY SERVICE INITIATIVES IN THE FIELDS OF HEALTH,EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER FIELDSE) SERVE AS A CENTER FOR DEVELOPING IDEAS FOR HOLISTIC LIVINGF) SERVE AS A MEETING POINT FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN INDIAN CULTURE ANDRELIGIONSG) ORGANIZE EVENTS TO BRING TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS FOR CELEBRATING INDIAN FESTIVALS ANDNATIONAL OCCASIONS.2H) INVITE AND HOST DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS TO PROMOTE CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND PHILOSOPHICALTHOUGHTI) UNDERSTAND AND ADVANCE THE STUDY OF VEDIC TEACHINGS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTJ) PROMOTE THE STUDY THE LIVES OF SPIRITUAL LEADERS, SAINTS AND SAGES OF INDIA AND BEYONDK) RAISE FUNDS AND INVITE AND RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHOWHATSOEVER BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTION, DONATION AND OTHERWISE, PROVIDED THAT THE ICADSHALL NOT UNDERTAKE ANY PERMANENT TRADING ACTIVITIES IN RAISING THE FUNDS FOR ITS OBJECTL) PROVIDE A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR INDIVIDUALS OF INDIAN ORIGIN, IN PARTICULAR HINDUS, SIKHS,BUDDHISTS AND JAINS.M) PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIESN) PERFORM ALL SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS SHALL FURTHER THE OBJECTNOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ICAD FOR THEPURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES ANDTRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND)2008].

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 01/06/2025 (received 25/08/2026, 146 days after the 01/04/2026 due date); year ending 01/06/2024 (received 15/08/2025, 136 days after the 01/04/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amit Baswal
• Anup Shenoy
• Dr JAGANNADHA PAWAN TAMVADA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr LINGESWARI BIRNIE
• Dr Prabhakar Makarahalli
• KIRAN CHANNABASAPPA
• Prashant Bhatia
• Vamsi Krishna Jagadapi Sudhakar

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending