GURU NANAK DARBAR CRAWLEY

Registered charity 268132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE CRAWLEY, SIKH GURDWARA CRAWLEY, THE CRAWLEY SIKH UNION

ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO DELIVER COMMUNITY INTEGRATION IN A COHESIVE AND INTEGRATED MANNER IN OUR MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY

Objects

(A) HOLD CONGREGATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE SIKH GURPURBS AND PREACH AND PERFORM SIKH RELIGIOUS RITES AND CEREMONIES. (B) HELP THE NEEDY AND DESTITUTE PERSONS, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. (C) RELIEVE SICK AND NEEDY PERSONS. (D) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOST COMMUNITY CONCERNING GOOD CITIZENSHIP IN A MULTIRACIAL SOCIETY AND CO-OPERTAE WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THEIS OBJECTIVE.

Area of benefit: CRAWLEY

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Crawley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£47k

Latest spending

£33k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £13,449 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total net assets to £1,020,257. The trustees consider the level of unrestricted reserves to be appropriate to meet day-to-day operating costs, provide a contingency for unforeseen expenditure, and support the continuing development of a new gurdwara site. The charity's reserves policy is reviewed annually to ensure sufficient funds are available for ongoing activities and financial commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet day-to-day operating costs, provide a contingency for unforeseen expenditure and support the continuing development of the site (reserves figure: £1.0m)

“As a result, the trustees' policy is to retain sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet day-to-day operating costs, provide a contingency for unforeseen expenditure and support the continuing development of the site.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 200

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 200

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 200

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Avtar Singh Purba
RANJIT SINGH BEDI

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£47k	£33k
31/12/2024	£22k	£4k
31/12/2023	£21k	£9k
31/12/2022	£22k	£1k
31/12/2021	£22k	£847

Common questions

Is GURU NANAK DARBAR CRAWLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £13,449 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total net assets to £1,020,257. The trustees consider the level of unrestricted reserves to be appropriate to meet day-to-day operating costs, provide a contingency for unforeseen expenditure, and support the continuing development of a new gurdwara site. The charity's reserves policy is reviewed annually to ensure sufficient funds are available for ongoing activities and financial commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GURU NANAK GURDWARA WARRINGTON.

THE GURU NANAK GURDWARA WARRINGTON income £103k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA income £854k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA income £467k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA income £528k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHAT SINGH SABHA COMMUNITY CENTRE income £54k
GURU NANAK SOCIETY OF LONDON TRUST income £407k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GURU NANAK DARBAR CRAWLEY	£47k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GURU NANAK GURDWARA WARRINGTON FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA FY2025	£854k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA FY2025	£467k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA FY2025	£528k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHAT SINGH SABHA COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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