GUJARATI ARYA ASSOCIATION, LEICESTER

Registered charity 515332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Serving mainly but not exclusively the social, cultural and religious needs Gujarati Mochi community in Leicestershire and surrounding areas

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS, AND SICKNESS, AND TO ADVANCE HINDU RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL AND SOCAIL ACTIVITIES OF THE GUJARATI SURTI MOCHI COMMUNITY RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROMOTING, CO-ORDINATING AND STRENGTHENING THE UNITY OF THE SAME.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £49,588 for the year ended 31st December 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £876,231. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient funds to cover management and administrative costs, maintaining a reserves policy target of approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BIPIN CHAUHAN
• KISHOR GOPAL SOLANKI
• Pravin Babubhai Parmar
• Pravin Manilal Parmar
• VIJAYKUMAR JAYKISHAN RATHOD

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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