Bristol Sikh Cultural and Community Centre

Registered charity 297960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRISTOL SIKH CULTURAL CENTRE, SIKH RESOURCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

SRCDC EXISTS TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC WELL BEING OF SIKHS AND OTHER LOCAL MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA. THE CENTRE OBJECTIVES ARE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: EDUCATION, TRAINING, ARTS, SIKH CULTURE & RELIGION, SPORTS, RECREATION, ECONOMIC WELL BEING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WORKING WITH OTHER FAITH ORGANISATIONS, HELPING HAND FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE AND HEALTH EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS.

Objects

A. TO WORK FOR THE PROVISION OF ASIAN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN SCHOOLS AND THUS ACHIEVE A MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION. B. TO ENCOURAGE THE LEARNING OF PRINCIPLES OF THE SIKH RELIGION WITH A VIEW TO ENSURING HARMONIOUS SOCIAL RELATIONS IN BRISTOL.

Area of benefit: BRISTOL

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£285k

Latest spending

£8k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £277,407 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £352,785. Per the trustees' report, the Centre aims to hold at least three months of running costs in reserves, and unrestricted funds increased significantly from £75,378 to £352,785. The filing is unaudited and prepared in accordance with FRS 102.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Total incoming resources 285,182”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £353k)

“The Centre aims to hold at least 3 months running costs of the Centre in reserves.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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

Trustees · trustee networks

LAKHBIR SINGHchair
Balbir Kaur
Daljeet Singh Bhatia
Jaswant Singh
MANJIT SINGH
MOHINDERJIT SINGH
Satpal Singh
Sukhdev Singh
Tarsem Singh Sooriya

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£285k	£8k
31/03/2024	£0	£7k
31/03/2023	£0	£64k
31/03/2022	£5k	£20k
31/03/2021	£32k	£12k

Common questions

Is Bristol Sikh Cultural and Community Centre financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £277,407 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £352,785. Per the trustees' report, the Centre aims to hold at least three months of running costs in reserves, and unrestricted funds increased significantly from £75,378 to £352,785. The filing is unaudited and prepared in accordance with FRS 102. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/09/2009	£10k	Sikh Resource and Community Development Centre - Disability Access Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/02/2007	£5k	training courses for women
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/02/2005	£5k	expansion of services, consultants fees

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
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£17k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH CULTURAL CENTRE.

GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH CULTURAL CENTRE income £103k
THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION income £214k
SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE AND YOUTH CLUB income £267k
NANAKSAR SATSANG SABHA income £533k
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) income £2.5m
GURU NANAK DURBAR (SIKH TEMPLE), ERITH & BELVEDERE, KENT income £926k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Bristol Sikh Cultural and Community Centre	£285k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH CULTURAL CENTRE FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUNDERLAND SIKH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE AND YOUTH CLUB FY2025	£267k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NANAKSAR SATSANG SABHA FY2025	£533k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) FY2025	£2.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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