LAKSHMI-NARAYANA TRUST

Registered charity 292677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable PurposesEducation/TrainingOverseas aid/Famine reliefReligious activities

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE HINDU RELIGION . (B) TO ESTABLISH SECURE OR BUILD A TEMPLE TO SRI MAHALAKSHMI AND SRI NARAYANAR (C) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS. (D) COMMUNITY SERVICE.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds reasonable cash reserves of £330,242 and considers itself in a strong financial position with sufficient funds to meet foreseeable charitable obligations. The trustees and auditors confirm that the going concern basis is appropriate, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income)
“Donations and legacies 1,565,812” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: adequate level of funds to enable the trust to carry out its operations, to meet the financial obligations and to meets its charitable obligations (held: £7.0m)
“The reserve policy is to hold adequate level of funds to enable the trust to carry out its operations, to meet the financial obligations and to meets its charitable obligations.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Tahas & Co Ltd. Discloses 5 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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£330k
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.7m£1.1m
31/12/2023£1.4m£907k
31/12/2022£1.2m£778k
31/12/2021£873k£459k
31/12/2020£687k£619k

Common questions

Is LAKSHMI-NARAYANA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds reasonable cash reserves of £330,242 and considers itself in a strong financial position with sufficient funds to meet foreseeable charitable obligations. The trustees and auditors confirm that the going concern basis is appropriate, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Tahas & Co Ltd.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION1£84k
ANAND & SETHI FAMILY CHARITY TRUST1£68k
THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION1£1k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LAKSHMI-NARAYANA TRUST£1.7m—0above—no doubt
LOUIS NICHOLAS RESIDUARY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£994k—0unclear—no doubt
NANAKSAR THATH ISHER DARBAR TRUST FY2025£812k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£4.1m—0below—no doubt
SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR VASNA SANSTHA FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
N AND R KARNANI TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt

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