SMT KAMALABEN BHANUSHANKER JOSHI, SAMASTA BARDAI WIDOWS TRUST

Registered charity 284544 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our charity provides basic monthly income for widows in the Bardai region of Gujrat, India. Although the money distributed is a poor substitute for the loss of a spouse, it provides a small comfort of a regular income in both young and old age.

Objects

RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF WIDOWS RESIDENT IN INDIA OR ELSEWHERE AND EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: INDIA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £2,887,474, driven by a £1,357,000 revaluation gain on investment properties. The charity holds £575,000 in fixed deposits and generated £88,484 in investment income, while spending £88,624 on charitable activities and support costs. The trustees report that the charity will continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due over the next twelve months.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• BHANUSHANKER LILADHAR JOSHI · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAKSHA THANKI · trustee of 1 other charity
• KAMLABEN BHANUSHANKER JOSHI · trustee of 1 other charity
• UMA BHANUSHANKER JOSHI · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

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