DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR

Registered charity 280019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) Advance education in the field of philosophy, sociology, culture and religion with specific emphasis on the vedas. 2) Advance Hindu religion through the promotion of vedic philosophy and culture. 3) Relieve poverty, sickness and effects of natural or other disasters. 4) Donate the net income of the trust properties or any part therefore to any charitable institution with any or the same or simi

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Latest income

£771k

Latest spending

£419k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,883,836, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to cover management and administration costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £352,000 and holds significant cash reserves of £5,622,665, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability for the year ended 31 May 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover management and administration costs of the charity to meet annual grant applications (held: £6.9m)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain an unrestricted fund; this is the free reserve of the charity. The fund is maintained at a level that provides sufficient funds to cover management and administration costs of the charity to meet annual grant applications.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Affinia (Colchester). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income

£771k

Total spending

£419k

Reserves (reported)

£6.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~197.1 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 (79% 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

Nikhil Chauhan
Nilesh Vadher
Virendra Kumar Mishra

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

Operates in: Germany · Portugal · Scotland · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£771k	£419k
31/05/2024	£647k	£48k
31/05/2023	£521k	£35k
31/05/2022	£378k	£558k
31/05/2021	£569k	£18k

Common questions

Is DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,883,836, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to cover management and administration costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £352,000 and holds significant cash reserves of £5,622,665, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability for the year ended 31 May 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Affinia (Colchester).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SUNDAR GAUMUKH FOUNDATION	1	£118k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR VASNA SANSTHA.

SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR VASNA SANSTHA income £1.1m
DIVINE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £380k
WELLINGBOROUGH DISTRICT HINDU ASSOCIATION income £268k
LONDON INSTITUTE OF VEDIC EDUCATION income £847k
THE HARI PRASAD SHASTRI CHARITABLE TRUST income £155k
THE BRAHMIN SOCIETY NORTH LONDON income £121k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR	£771k	—	above	—	no doubt
SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR VASNA SANSTHA FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
DIVINE YOUTH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£380k	—	above	—	no doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH DISTRICT HINDU ASSOCIATION FY2025	£268k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON INSTITUTE OF VEDIC EDUCATION FY2025	£847k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARI PRASAD SHASTRI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£155k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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