Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 2

No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 7

BRENT INDIAN ASSOCIATION

Brent Indian Association is a Community Resource Centre Providin Advice and Support to the Community in Brent and surrounding boroughs in Loondon.For further information refer to BIAUK.COM website

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£154	£156	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£171	£149	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£128	£123	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20		£215	£184	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£162	£153	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£116	£123	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£107	£81	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£119	£109	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£132	£93	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£139	£97	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£140	£139	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£119	£118	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£134	£131	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£169	£166	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£166	£177	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£158	£159	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£158	£161	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£90	£85	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£182	£113	£69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£187	£149	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.biauk.com

info@biauk.com

02089033019

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnet, Brent, Camden, City Of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Harrow, Hounslow, India,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Chit Chat and Chai
£9,950	24/09/2021	The funding will be used to deliver twice-weekly Chit Chat Chai and holistic wellbeing sessions for older Asian residents in Brent. The project aims to decrease isolation and improve overall health.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-88

ANITA RUPARELIA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant

BINDU PAREKH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

CHETAN HARPAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Service Engineer

CHINTEN PANDYA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

HARSHADBHAI CHHAGANBHAI PATEL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

HITENDRAKUMAR DOSHI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

HEMENDRA KUMAR SHETH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

KALAVATI PATEL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

KISHORCHANDRA VORA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Civil Engineer

NEETINKUMAR MEHTA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Mortgage Adviser

PRAFULBHAI PATEL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

RAJNIKANT PATEL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

SUMANTRAI DESAI Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: HINDU COUNCIL (BRENT), LONDON INDIAN ELDERS GROUP, CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN ORGANISATIONS (U.K),

SUNJIT GIRDHARLAL MEHTA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Estate Agent

VEENA BEDI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

VILASBEN DESAI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed

VINOD WADHER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/1998, number: 1069837
Registered at Companies House on 03/07/1997, number: 03398532

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
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

20 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR06: 64 days late,

Main office

Brent Indian Association
Community Resource Centre
116 Ealing Road
WEMBLEY
HA0 4TH

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT) IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF INDIAN ORIGIN, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE OR CENTRES AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY BODIES IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE OR CENTRES FOR THE ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY. (C) TO PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF ALL GROUPS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (D) TO DO SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS MAY BE DEEMED CHARITABLE WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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