HINDU SAMAJ (SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICT)

Registered charity 517550 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds from functions and religious activities to promote and advance Hindu arts and culture through educational classes.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE HINDU FAITH, CULTURE, ARTS AND LANGUAGES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE HINDU COMMUNITY AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND NEIGHBOURING TOWNS (DISTRICTS) HERE AFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 2. PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS. 3. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS. 4. TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE EXISTING HINDU TEMPLE, THE COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. (1) FOR ALL THE ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ORGANISATION AND;(2) FOR BRINGING TOGETHER THE STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER AGENCIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND THE WIDER HINDU COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND NEIGHBOURING TOWNS (DISTRICTS)

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 the charity reported a deficit of £3,734 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Total assets less current liabilities increased significantly to £466,694, largely due to the acquisition of freehold land and buildings valued at £400,000. Cash reserves decreased slightly to £66,695 from £70,728 in the prior year.

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

What the accounts disclose

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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
• 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
• 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

• BHUSHAN PATILchair
• Dr SHIV SHARMA
• Dr SRINIVAS RAVULA
• HEMI ATHI
• VIBHA SHANBHAG

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

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Government & lottery funding

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