THE SIKH TEMPLE

Registered charity 700754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's main aim is to provide religious and social needs for the Sikh community in Leeds & surrounding areas.

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Latest income

£673k

Latest spending

£408k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £265,196 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total reserves of £2,518,664. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required attention. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£673k

Total spending

£408k

Cost of raising funds

£137k

Reserves (reported)

£2.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~74.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Avtar Singh
Balbir Singh Sindhar
Dr jatinder singh mehmi
PARAMJIT SINGH MUDHAR
harbans singh

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£673k	£408k
31/12/2023	£485k	£281k
31/12/2022	£459k	£316k
31/12/2021	£221k	£284k
31/12/2020	£194k	£147k

Common questions

Is THE SIKH TEMPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £265,196 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total reserves of £2,518,664. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required attention. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE, BRADFORD.

RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE, BRADFORD income £122k
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) income £2.5m
GURU NANAK DURBAR (SIKH TEMPLE), ERITH & BELVEDERE, KENT income £926k
THE UNITED SIKH ASSOCIATION GURU GOBIND SINGH GUDWARA income £570k
GURU MANEYO GRANTH GURDWARA income £1.8m
GURU NANAK GURDWARA income £854k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SIKH TEMPLE	£673k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RAMGARHIA SIKH TEMPLE, BRADFORD FY2024	£122k	—	unclear	—	noted
SIRI GURU NANAK DARBAR (SIKH TEMPLE) FY2025	£2.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK DURBAR (SIKH TEMPLE), ERITH & BELVEDERE, KENT FY2023	£926k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE UNITED SIKH ASSOCIATION GURU GOBIND SINGH GUDWARA FY2024	£570k	—	above	—	noted
GURU MANEYO GRANTH GURDWARA FY2025	£1.8m	—	above	—	no doubt

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