DIVINE YOUTH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 296827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) Advance hindu religion and education and mental and moral improvement in the light of Vedic philosophy and culture. (2) Relieve need due to age, poverty and sickness. (3) Provide facilities for recreation for public benefit and welfare.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income

£380k

Latest spending

£321k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £229,821, which the trustees consider sufficient to sustain running costs for over 12 months. The charity reported a net income surplus of £59,009 for the year, driven by £380,000 in donations received from a related party. No staff costs were incurred, and the charity had no debt or defined-benefit pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £230k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2022)

Total income

£530k

Total spending

£30k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Chandresh Sodha
HARISH HALAI
Vishal D Thakkar

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

Operates in: Portugal · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£380k	£321k
31/05/2024	£0	£322k
31/05/2023	£0	£205k
31/05/2022	£530k	£30k
31/05/2021	£0	£8k

Common questions

Is DIVINE YOUTH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £229,821, which the trustees consider sufficient to sustain running costs for over 12 months. The charity reported a net income surplus of £59,009 for the year, driven by £380,000 in donations received from a related party. No staff costs were incurred, and the charity had no debt or defined-benefit pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DIVINE YOUTH ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DIVINE YOUTH ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR	FY2025	£380k	Grants made to related party

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 DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR.

DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR income £771k
YOGI DIVINE SOCIETY (UK) income £679k
WELLINGBOROUGH DISTRICT HINDU ASSOCIATION income £268k
THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION income £210k
MILTON KEYNES HINDU ASSOCIATION income £169k
LONDON INSTITUTE OF VEDIC EDUCATION income £847k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DIVINE YOUTH ASSOCIATION	£380k	—	above	—	no doubt
DEVOTIONAL ASSOCIATES OF YOGESHWAR FY2025	£771k	—	above	—	no doubt
YOGI DIVINE SOCIETY (UK) FY2025	£679k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH DISTRICT HINDU ASSOCIATION FY2025	£268k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt
MILTON KEYNES HINDU ASSOCIATION FY2025	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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