SHRI VENKATESWARA (BALAJI) TEMPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Registered charity 326712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the advancement of Hindu religion.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTION SHALL BE: (1) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE HINDU RELIGION BY (A) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A TEMPLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP OF SHRI VENKATESWARA (BALAJI) AND OTHER RELIGIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, (B) PROVIDING RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES AND THE CELEBRATION OF HINDU RITES CEREMONIES AND FESTIVALS. (2) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN (A) THE HINDU RELIGION AND COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY (B) THE HINDU TRADITIONS, HISTORY, LANGUAGES, LITERATURE AND MUSIC.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £24,885,536, with free reserves (excluding fixed assets) of £2,968,367. The trustees report that these free reserves equate to approximately 18 months of unrestricted expenditure, meeting their stated policy target. Net income for the year was £2,529,008, resulting in an increase in net assets from the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by JW Hinks LLP. 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 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
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% 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

• Dr Sinnathamby Kanagaratnamchair
• Dr Amirchetty Rajeshwar Rao
• Dr Ramakrishnagupta Mudalagiri
• Kodavoor Ramachandra Aithal
• Paranjyothi Ramaiah

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOCHASANWASI SHRI AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA.

• BOCHASANWASI SHRI AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA income £16.2m
• SRI VENKATESHWARA (BALAJI) TEMPLE & CULTURAL CENTRE income £199k
• SHREE KUTCH SATSANG SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE - SOUTH EAST LONDON income £387k
• THE HINDU TEMPLE TRUST income £577k
• SHREE KUTCH SATSANG SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE (EAST LONDON) income £416k
• SHREE KUTCH SATSANG SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE (MANDIR) LONDON income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

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