RAMGARHIA SIKH SOCIETY

Registered charity 266296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE SIKH RELIGION TO MANAGE THE SRI GURDWARA SAHIB IN BEDFORD AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO SOCIETY IN ACCORDANCE WITH "THE SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI"TO HOLD DAILY PRAYERS AND ARRANGE ALL SIKH CEREMONIES AS DICTATED BY THE SIKH FAITHTO FACILITATE THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL NEEDS FOR THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE GURDWARA AREA.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SIKHISM, THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SIRI GURU GRANTH AND THE TEN GURUS.

Area of benefit: BEDFORD TOWN OR WITHIN A TEN MILE RADIUS THEREOF

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£73k

Latest spending

£62k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £10,567 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total incoming resources of £72,677 against charitable expenditure of £62,110. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,104,339, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of maintaining six months of cash flow for known commitments. The charity is an unincorporated organisation governed by a constitution, with no material uncertainties or governance failures disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations & Grants (100% of income)

“Donations & Grants (2) 72,677” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £1.1m)

“The Gurdwara’ s current reserves policy is simply to maintain sufficient cash flow for known commitments and running costs for the next 6 months.” — page 5

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints 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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

Volunteers: 60

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ramgarhia Sikh Society (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Amarijit Singh Bhogal
Baldev Singh Bhachu
Baldev Singh Bhogal
Balwinder Singh Gahir
Bhupinder Singh Bharj
Dev Singh Bahra
Gurmail Singh Jootle
KULDIP SINGH RUPRA OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Kulwant Singh Ubhi
Sandeep Singh Sira
Sharanjit Kaur Sira
Tara Singh Chana

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£73k	£62k
30/04/2024	£100k	£50k
30/04/2023	£114k	£48k
30/04/2022	£69k	£36k
30/04/2021	£78k	£38k

Common questions

Is RAMGARHIA SIKH SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £10,567 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total incoming resources of £72,677 against charitable expenditure of £62,110. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,104,339, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of maintaining six months of cash flow for known commitments. The charity is an unincorporated organisation governed by a constitution, with no material uncertainties or governance failures disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAMGARHIA SABHA READING.

RAMGARHIA SABHA READING income £138k
RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE, BRADFORD income £100k
RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE income £486k
THE RAMGARHIA SIKH GURDWARA SLOUGH income £598k
RAMGARHIA SIKH ASSOCIATION, WOOLWICH income £302k
RAMGARHIA GURDWARA SOCIETY HITCHIN income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RAMGARHIA SIKH SOCIETY	£73k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RAMGARHIA SABHA READING FY2025	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE, BRADFORD FY2025	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE FY2025	£486k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RAMGARHIA SIKH GURDWARA SLOUGH FY2024	£598k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RAMGARHIA SIKH ASSOCIATION, WOOLWICH FY2024	£302k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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