THE COMMUNITY OF THE MANY NAMES OF GOD

Registered charity 511166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SKANDA VALE, SKANDA VALE HOSPICE, Skanda Vale Temple, VALE HOSPICE CONTINUING CARE

Provides multifaith worship, care and support for a nation wide annual congregation of 90,000, at the three Temples in Skanda Vale monastery, SA33 6JT. Donated 84.5 tonnes of direct food aid in 2018. Is volunteer led with 78,500 volunteer hours provided by 950 volunteers across the work of the charity in 2018.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF GOD IN HIS UNIVERSALITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS OF KRISHNA AS SET OUT IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA AT THE HINDU TEMPLE MAINTAINED BY THE COMMUNITY AT SKANDA VALE OR ANY OTHER PLACES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP MAINTAINED OR USED BY THE COMMUNITY. (2) TO ADVANCE RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BY PROPAGATING TO THE PUBLIC THE SAID SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS ABOUT GOD IN HIS UNIVERSALITY. (3) TO MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AFORESAID SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS AS A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY. (4) TO RELIEVE POVERTY OF DESERVING PERSONS AND SUPPORT CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS FOR RELIEF OF POVERTY. (5) TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS AND SUFFERING AND TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL WELL BEING OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES REQUIRING PALLIATIVE, SPECIALIST AND MEDICAL CARE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF PALLIATIVE CARE,HOME CARE AND HOSPICE CARE FOR BOTH DAY PATIENTS AND RESIDENT PATIENTS

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £5,760,693 at year end, with unrestricted funds of £2,924,203. The trustees report that reserves are in excess of their stated minimum requirement of £100,000, although they have designated the majority of unrestricted funds for a specific wind turbine project. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ashmole and Co. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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 · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Denis Begleychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANJNA CHAVDA
• Allison Taber
• Debdatta Mallick
• Jakob Willi
• MANI GOVINDAN
• ROBIN ROSE
• Rev Justin Raymond-Barker
• Rev Kenneth Vivian
• Stefan Suter
• Surendran Chellappah

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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