MAHARASHTRA MANDAL LONDON

Registered charity 243443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, EDUCATIONAL & HEALTH ACTIVITIES FOR MAHARASHTRIANS. HELPING MAHARASHTRIANS TO INTEGRATE WITH BRITISH CULTURE. MAIN AREA OF OPERATION IS BRENT, LONDON.

Objects

TO DO ALL SUCH CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL HELP MAHARASHTRIANS TO INTEGRATE WITH BRITISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY SUCH THAT MAHARASHTRIANS ARE BENEFITED BY BEST OF BOTH CULTURES AND MAKE THEIR LIVING IN UNITED KINGDOM A FULFILLING JOURNEY. SUCH CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES MAY NOT BE TRADITIONAL MAHARASHTRIAN BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF AFORESAID OBJECT COULD COVER ACTIVITIES LIKE SPORTS CLUB, EDUCATION COURSES, CELEBRATION OF BRITISH NATIONAL DAYS AND SO ON. THIS LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND MAY COVER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE IN THE SPIRIT OF MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL CULTURAL CO-EXISTENCE WITHOUT BEING PREJUDICIAL TO MAHARASHTRIAN OR MARATHI CULTURE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£103k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £2,574, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £160,549. The trustees confirm that these reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three to six months of expenditure, satisfying their stated reserves policy. The filing confirms adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies

“From the total donations, sponsorships & membership subscriptions generated of £105,908, a sum of £61,500 (2024: £37,500) was donated to Maharashtra Mandal UK Ltd.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six month’s expenditure (held: £161k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three to six month’s expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anand Gadre · trustee of 1 other charity
Govind Shankar Kanegaonkar
Ratnakar Dhundiraj Lele

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

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£106k	£103k
31/10/2024	£73k	£73k
31/10/2023	£59k	£59k
31/10/2022	£70k	£70k
31/10/2021	£146k	£109k

Common questions

Is MAHARASHTRA MANDAL LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £2,574, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £160,549. The trustees confirm that these reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three to six months of expenditure, satisfying their stated reserves policy. The filing confirms adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/07/2007	£677	Maratha Feathers Badminton Development

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAHER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (LEICESTER) U K.

MAHER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (LEICESTER) U K income £504k
SHREE BHARATIYA MANDAL (INDIAN ASSOCIATION) TAMESIDE income £155k
LOHANA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD income £115k
MITRASEVA income £124k
THE BRAHMIN SOCIETY NORTH LONDON income £121k
AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST income £161k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MAHARASHTRA MANDAL LONDON	£106k	—	above	—	no doubt
MAHER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (LEICESTER) U K FY2025	£504k	—	above	—	no doubt
SHREE BHARATIYA MANDAL (INDIAN ASSOCIATION) TAMESIDE FY2025	£155k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LOHANA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£115k	—	above	—	no doubt
MITRASEVA FY2025	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRAHMIN SOCIETY NORTH LONDON FY2025	£121k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.