THE VANZA SOCIETY OF LONDON

Registered charity 289608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

During the year various cultural and religious programmes, namely: Navratri and Diwali celebrations, Dashera havan, devotional bhajans and coach trips to various temples in the UK, were held successfully for the benefit of the members and others.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE RELIGION THAT IS THE RELIGION PRACTISED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE VANZA COMMUNITY SETTLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BEING THE DESCENDENTS OF KSHATRIYA CHAKRAVATI KING SHRI RAJARAJESHWAR SOMVANSHI SAHASRARJUN, WORSHIPPING THE GODDESS SHREE HINGRAJ MATA AND SAE SHREE GURU GOPAL LAL JI MAHARAJ. (B) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE VANZA RELIGION. (C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR AMONG MEMBERS OF THE VANZA COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INDIA. (D) TO PROMOTE HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN THE WEMBLEY AREA AND IN OTHER PARTS OF LONDON AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AMONGST PEOPLE OF ALL RACES BELIEFS AND CULTURES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 total reserves stood at £164,025 as of 31 December 2025, with funds held in various bank accounts. The trustees report that incoming resources totaled £30,566 and direct charitable expenditure was £22,489 for the year. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further understanding of the accounts.

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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Naresh Solanki
• Rupal Parmar
• Vijay Vaghela

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

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

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