GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHAT SINGH SABHA PRESTON

Registered charity 519646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHATRA SINGH SABHA PRESTON

TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL WORK OF SIKHISM THROUGH COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FESITIVALS, ACTIVITIES & EVENTS. PROVIDE SUITABLE ACCOMODATION & ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF SIKHISM AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST / RECOGNISTION OF SUCH RELIGION / CULTURE IN THE LOCAL AREA.HOLD LAND / BUILDINGS UPON TRUST, PERMIT THEM FOR USE FOR WORSHIP / MEETINGS.

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR SIKHS2. TO PROMOTE SIKH VALUES, PRINCIPLES, ETHOS AND HERITAGE IN ITS DAILY ACTIVATES3. TO PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR SANGAT (SIKH COMMUNITY) BASE ACTIVATES THAT PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF SIKH RELIGION AND CULTURAL EVENTS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PRESTON AND ITS VISITORS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIFELONG LEARNING THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY COHESION THROUGH THE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP OF PRESTON FAITH FORUM, AND TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED WITHIN THE ETHOS OF SIKHISM

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.

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Latest income

£136k

Latest spending

£142k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is healthy with unrestricted reserves of £50,425.31 held for improving facilities and training. Total income for the period was £135,564, primarily from donations, while total payments amounted to £142,408. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their 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

Reserves policy: All reserves allocated to improving facilities, building condition, and volunteer training (held: £50k)

“ALL RESERVES OF FUNDS ARE TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE IMPROVING OF FACILITES FOR OUR MANY VISITORS AND MEMBERS. WE ARE ALSO IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING, TO BE FIT FOR PURPOSE. ALSO, TO IMPROVE TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Assistant Secretary
BALDEV SINGH
Jagdish Singh
MR Pubhinder Singh
Makhan Singh
Treasurer - Sukhdev Singh

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£136k	£142k
31/03/2024	£172k	£283k
31/03/2023	£31k	£106k
31/03/2022	£42k	£33k
31/03/2021	£7k	£67k

Common questions

Is GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHAT SINGH SABHA PRESTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is healthy with unrestricted reserves of £50,425.31 held for improving facilities and training. Total income for the period was £135,564, primarily from donations, while total payments amounted to £142,408. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GURU NANAK GURDWARA.

GURU NANAK GURDWARA income £854k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £117k
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) income £2.5m
GURU NANAK GURDWARA SOUTH BIRMINGHAM income £569k
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH CULTURAL CENTRE income £103k
THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GURU NANAK GURDWARA BHAT SINGH SABHA PRESTON	£136k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA FY2025	£854k	—	above	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£117k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) FY2025	£2.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA SOUTH BIRMINGHAM FY2024	£569k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK GURDWARA AND SIKH CULTURAL CENTRE FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.