WELLINGBOROUGH DISTRICT HINDU ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 276747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE, HINDU COMMUNITY CENTRE, WELLINGBOROUGH HINDU TEMPLE

The advancement, promotion & practice of the Hindu religion, in particular, but not exclusively, by the provision & maintenance of a Temple for the purposes of public religious worship & other religious charitable purpose; to improve social welfare; providing facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Objects

(1)THE ADVANCEMENT, PROMOTION AND PRACTICE OF THE HINDU RELIGION OR FAITH IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY; BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MANDIR FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND OTHER RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES.(2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £65,151 for the year, with total income of £268,306 against expenditure of £203,155. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £213,629, which is above the stated policy target of £140,000. The charity maintains adequate cash reserves to cover core services for one year and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wellingborough District Hindu Association (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vinodbhai Patelchair
• DILESH VAGHELA · trustee of 1 other charity
• GIRISH RAMANBHAI PATEL
• JITENDRA MANILAL MAJITHIA - sunil
• Nanyas Mistry
• Pankaj Rambhai Patel
• ROHITKUMAR PATEL
• SHARDA RAMANBHAI PATEL
• UMESH DHANSUKHBHAI PATEL
• VINODBHAI MANIBHAI PATEL
• Vidhi Anubhai Shah

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HINDU TEMPLE TRUST.

• THE HINDU TEMPLE TRUST income £577k
• THE BRAHMIN SOCIETY NORTH LONDON income £121k
• HINDU TAMIL CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (ENFIELD) income £1.2m
• LOHANA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD income £115k
• SHREE KUTCH SATSANG SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE - SOUTH EAST LONDON income £387k
• SHREE BHARATIYA MANDAL (INDIAN ASSOCIATION) TAMESIDE income £155k

Side by side with its peers

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