TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE DASMESH SIKH TEMPLE COMMITTEE

Registered charity 504277 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHRI DASHMESH SIKH TEMPLE

The Charity continues to practice and promote advancement of Sikh faith. The continued support &contribution from devotees, worshipers and general public has enabled the Charity to provide essential services of providing free meals to all visitors to the Temple.

Objects

FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION ACCORDING TO THE SIKH RELIGION.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£390k

Latest spending

£207k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £183,014 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total unrestricted funds to £2,602,744. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy aiming to secure at least twelve months of running costs, and the current unrestricted funds significantly exceed this target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies

“Donations and legacies 269,898” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least twelve months of running costs (held: £2.6m)

“The charity's reserve policy aims to secure at least twelve months of running costs within general reserves to ensure ongoing sustainability for specific projects and to cover related costs.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Bhupinder Malhi
Jaisheel Najran
Parminder Singh Goray
Rashpal Singh Chohan
Tega Singh

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£390k	£207k
31/03/2024	£321k	£222k
31/03/2023	£274k	£212k
31/03/2022	£190k	£167k
31/03/2021	£198k	£244k

Common questions

Is TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE DASMESH SIKH TEMPLE COMMITTEE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £183,014 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total unrestricted funds to £2,602,744. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy aiming to secure at least twelve months of running costs, and the current unrestricted funds significantly exceed this target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts. 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	28/01/2005	£5k	After school pilot scheme

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SRI GURU HARKRISHAN SAHIB TRUST.

THE SRI GURU HARKRISHAN SAHIB TRUST income £436k
GURU NANAK SATSANG SIKH TEMPLE income £159k
SIKH TEMPLE TRUST, NOTTINGHAM income £429k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHAT SINGH SABHA PRESTON income £136k
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) income £2.5m
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £117k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE DASMESH SIKH TEMPLE COMMITTEE	£390k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SRI GURU HARKRISHAN SAHIB TRUST FY2025	£436k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK SATSANG SIKH TEMPLE FY2025	£159k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIKH TEMPLE TRUST, NOTTINGHAM FY2025	£429k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHAT SINGH SABHA PRESTON FY2025	£136k	—	above	—	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.