MILTON KEYNES HINDU ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 802344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MKHA, SANATAN DHARMA VEDANT MANDIR

The Charity aims to preserve and promote Hindu Culture. It provides Language and Dance classes for Children and Young people and organises religious and Cultural activities which it promotes in the wider community. It organises social and recreational activities for the Elderly. It raises funds for the establishment of a Hindu Community Centre in Milton Keynes.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£169k
Latest spending
£200k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £30,788 for the year, driven by significant expenditure on the Silver Lotus project. Total cash reserves, including loans and donations, stood at approximately £116,079 at year-end to support future development and operational requirements. The trustees note that income from the Silver Lotus will primarily fund loan repayments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
The charity recorded a deficit of £30,788 for the year. While the charity benefited from generous donations and community support, significant expenditure was incurred in relation to the Silver Lotus project. — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£169k£200k
31/03/2024£140k£144k
31/03/2023£85k£40k
31/03/2022£62k£29k
31/03/2021£45k£35k

Common questions

Is MILTON KEYNES HINDU ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £30,788 for the year, driven by significant expenditure on the Silver Lotus project. Total cash reserves, including loans and donations, stood at approximately £116,079 at year-end to support future development and operational requirements. The trustees note that income from the Silver Lotus will primarily fund loan repayments.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/04/2006£5k"With Help From A Lottery Grant This Group Will Give Children Aged From 5 To 18 Years The Opportunity To Learn Their Cultural Heritage Throug"
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2006£5kPromoting Hindu Culture

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
WESTCOMBE FOUNDATION1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HINDU TAMIL CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (ENFIELD).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MILTON KEYNES HINDU ASSOCIATION£169k0unclearno doubt
HINDU TAMIL CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (ENFIELD) FY2023£1.2m0unclearno doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH DISTRICT HINDU ASSOCIATION FY2025£268k0unclearno doubt
SHREE SORATHIA PRAJAPATI COMMUNITY UK FY2025£245k0aboveno doubt
HINDU CULTURAL SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND FY2024£161k0unclearno doubt
THE SIKH SOCIETY OF MILTON KEYNES FY2026£179k0unclearno doubt

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