SIRI GURU SINGH SABHA GURDWARA

Registered charity 266714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIRI GURU SINGH SABHA GURDWARA - READING, THE GURDWARA (SIKH) TEMPLE READING

Religious worshipcommunity related : education, social activities, sports activities

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SIKH RELIGION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN GENERAL AND PARTICULARLY IN THE READING AREA.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINDGOM PARTICULARLY THE READING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £4,803,317, with net current assets of £777,942. The trustees consider current free reserves adequate, noting that all excess funds are committed to the conversion of a new building site. The charity has significant long-term liabilities of £4,402,000, primarily secured bank loans and loans from the congregation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Business Ledger 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 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Siri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~162.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Haran Gill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Harijeet AS Singh
• Kamalprit Singh Dhaliwal
• Mangal Singh Bhullar
• Ranveer Singh Sahota
• Surinder Singh Gill
• Surjit Singh Sidhu

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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