GURU ARJAN DEV GURDWARA SIKH TEMPLE DERBY

Registered charity 512762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GURU ARJAN DEV GURUDAWARA SIKH TEMPLE DERBY

Worship of God and promotion of the Sikh religion through social, cultural and sporting activities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE SIKH RELIGION IN THE COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE BY THE MAINTENANCE OF A TEMPLE FOR WORSHIP, THE CELEBRATION OF SIKH RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND THE CONDUCT OF BAPTISM, MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL RITES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SIKH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE, AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL THINK FIT

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £6,283 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the prior year's loss of £29,743. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,798,213, well above the stated policy target of £10,000, and cash reserves increased to £191,191. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and are satisfied that the charity can continue as a going concern despite dependency on future funding streams.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (93% 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

• AJIT SINGH
• Amarjit Singh
• Avtar Singh Chera
• Gurkiran Kaur
• Jatinder SINGH
• Joga Singh Nagra
• Kashmir kaur Cheema
• Keerat Bains
• Sukhraj Singh Johal
• Sukhvir kaur Mann
• jaswant rattu
• manpreet singh mann
• pavendeep Singh

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

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