ANGLO-INDIAN CIRCLE LIMITED

Registered charity 284745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote any charitable purposes in particular the relief of poverty, hardship, hunger and distress; the advancement of education and research; promotion of physical and mental well being; the promotion of the Hindu religion.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ALL SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES TO BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION: I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HUNGER, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN UNITED KINGDOM II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC III) THE PROMOTION OF HINDU RELIGION.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £1,165,168 from £1,153,961 in the prior year, resulting in a net income of £11,207. The charity holds significant designated funds, including a Sangat Centre Building Fund of £348,623 and building maintenance reserves of £35,740, indicating specific asset and operational reserves. The trustees have designated £250,000 from the general reserve to cover staff salaries and overheads for at least two years.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01574594 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SONI, Harshad Dhanji — director, appointed 15/02/2023not on trustee list
• PATEL, Harish — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
• RANPURA, Pravinchandra — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
• VARSANI, Vanita — director, appointed 23/09/2001on trustee list
• SHAH, Dipak Kumar — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PRAVINCHANDRA RANPURAchair
• DIPAK SHAH
• HARISH MANGLDAS PATEL
• VANITA VARSANI

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).