THE HINDU TEMPLE BRISTOL

Registered charity 275804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANATAN DEEVYA MANDAL, THE HINDU TEMPLE (BRISTOL)

The main objective of the Charity is to promote the culture and philosophy of the Hindu faith to its members and the community at large.Main activities are:* Organisation of events based around religious festivals* Raising funds and donations from the members and the community at large for the upkeep of the charity* work with schools to improve understanding of Hindu culture & faith

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE HINDU RELIGION OR FAITH THROUGH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DOCTRINES AND TENETS OF SUCH RELIGION OR FAITH AND OF THE OBSERVANCE WHICH SERVE TO PROMOTE AND MANIFEST IT INCLUDING THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TEMPLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND OTHER RELIGIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: FORMER COUNTRY OF AVON

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £589,343, an increase from £559,351 in the prior year, with a net income of £29,992 generated from donations and investment income. The trustees report that reserves are retained for the benefit of the charity as they see fit, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rajendra Rajanichair
• Babu Pandya
• Bharti Kathrecha
• Dr Prem Sagar Midha
• Karam Chand Bajaj

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHREE SORATHIA PRAJAPATI COMMUNITY UK.

• SHREE SORATHIA PRAJAPATI COMMUNITY UK income £245k
• THE BRAHMIN SOCIETY NORTH LONDON income £121k
• RAJ KAUSHAL GITA BHAWAN HINDU TEMPLE MANCHESTER income £161k
• WELLINGBOROUGH DISTRICT HINDU ASSOCIATION income £268k
• THE PARASAKTHY HINDU (SAIVA) TEMPLE TRUST UK income £1.1m
• SHREE KUTCH SATSANG SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE (EAST LONDON) income £416k

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