Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

GO DHARMIC WELFARE UK

Go Dharmic Welfare UK runs multiple charitable campaigns. Go Dharmic serves to reduce food poverty and food waste, has developed 107 libraries for underprivileged children in India and Nepal, promotes environmental awareness, and assists with disaster relief. Go Dharmic is a platform for compassion in action.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£459£549£-90n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£590£428£162£34£279£852.44500
31/03/21£391£292£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£56£60£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£19£11£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£16£10£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 8 years

www.godharmic.com

info@godharmic.com

07944899960

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • India, Nepal, Scotland, Throughout England, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£100,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,700
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£7,400
The London Community Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£4,616
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Go Dharmic
£2,667 25/01/2023
Islington Food Fund grants
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Go Dharmic Welfare UK
£7,400 17/11/2022
purchase of laptops and project/project screen for a charity which works with people who are homeless in nationwide
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Go Dharmic Welfare UK
£4,616 22/10/2022
We'd like to provide cooked, healthy meals to the homeless and provide food kits to underprivileged families. We aim to ensure no one goes hungry, and to maintain their physical/mental health.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - To provide homeless and elderly people regular hot and nutritious meals and care packages & provision of grocery kits to vulnerable families in Luton.
£10,000 16/05/2022
Feed Everyone Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Coronavirus Emergency Services
£10,000 23/07/2021
The funding will be used to provide meals for people on low or no incomes including communities who have been adversely affected by the pandemic. The project aims to support people's wellbeing and essential needs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 12/02/2021
Feed Everyone
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£100,000 21/05/2020
Provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
National Lottery Community Fund - Emergency Coronavirus Appeal
£9,700 15/05/2020
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The funding will be used to deliver over 1000 cooked meals to vulnerable people's doors utilising volunteers in partnership with local councils. The charity aims to help older and isolated people people experiencing homelessness and NHS Hospitals.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Go Dharmic Welfare UK
£5,000 15/04/2020
This funding is for providing food and assistance to vulnerable individuals who are isolated, health workers and carers to ease some of their stress in this uncertain time. We are currently operating in Islington and Harrow, and hope to expand to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CLAIRE MISSINGHAM Appointed: 2022
  • DIMPLE MISTRY Appointed: 2022
  • DR NICHOLAS SUTTON Appointed: 2017
  • JOSHUA FIELDS Appointed: 2022
  • RAM GOYAL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • SHEENA RANDERWALA Appointed: 2017
  • SWAMINATHAN VAIDYANATHAN Appointed: 2017
  • SEJAL PATEL Appointed: 2021
  • SHIVANI DEEPTI PATEL Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2017, number: 1171619
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,
Main office

SUITE 119 C
BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE
52 UPPER STREET
LONDON
N1 0QH

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PERSONS LIVING IN THE UK, INDIA AND NEPAL BY:A. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF BASIC NECESSITIES, SUCH AS FOOD B. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY FACILITATING ACCESS TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE C. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES2. TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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