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SINGH SABHA LONDON EAST

Registered charity 262277 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARKING SIKH TEMPLE, GURDWARA, THE EAST LONDON SINGH SABHA (SIKH SOCIETY) BARKING, ESSEX

Sikhs religious place of worship, cultural get together.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,771,206, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity relies on donations which can fluctuate, and aim to maintain sufficient liquid funds to meet obligations and future capital expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient liquid funds to continue activities, meet obligations and provide for future capital expenditure (held: £11.8m)
“The trustees aim to ensure that the charity has sufficient resources to continue its activities and to meet its obligations and to provide for future capital expenditure. To this end, it is considered prudent that sufficient liquid funds are maintained.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Chowdhary & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£949k
Reserves (reported)
£602k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% 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: 43.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Havering · Newham · Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.2m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.7m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.4m
31/03/2022£2.1m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.2m£565k

Common questions

Is SINGH SABHA LONDON EAST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,771,206, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity relies on donations which can fluctuate, and aim to maintain sufficient liquid funds to meet obligations and future capital expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chowdhary & Co.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2024£20kThe South Asian Dementia Cafe

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INDIAN WELFARE AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (SINGH SABHA GURDWARA).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SINGH SABHA LONDON EAST£2.2m—0above—no doubt
THE INDIAN WELFARE AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (SINGH SABHA GURDWARA) FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
SRI GURU SINGH SABHA SOUTHALL FY2024£4.8m—0unclear—no doubt
GURDWARA SRI GURU SINGH SABHA, HOUNSLOW FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
SIRI GURU SINGH SABHA, CROYDON FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
SIRI GURU SINGH SABHA NORTHAMPTON FY2025£297k—0within—no doubt

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