Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 6

Spending declining: -1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Very static board: -5

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

BAPS CHARITIES

(a) To relieve persons who are in need, hardship, poverty, sickness and distress as a result of natural or manmade disasters or by reason of their social and economic circumstances.(b) To relieve sickness and preserve and protect the health of persons.(c) To advance the education of people of all ages including promotion of Indian art, culture, heritage and tradition.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining

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
31/12/23		£135	£42	£93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/12/22		£81	£105	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/12/21		£150	£100	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/20		£80	£88	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/12/19		£80	£88	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/18		£114	£114	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17		£152	£81	£70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£123	£628	£-506	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£482	£140	£343	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£284	£78	£207	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£328	£216	£112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£335	£88	£247	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£304	£40	£264	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£359	£312	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	*	£11	£0	£11	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

bapscharities.org

info@uk.bapscharities.org

02089652651

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
100 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Baps Charities
£10,000	04/05/2020	A grant of £10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-81

ARVINDKUMAR PATEL Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeships: AKSHAR COMMUNITY CARE LTD, BOCHASANWASI SHRI AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA,

MUKESH PATEL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Pharmacist

NITIN PALAN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: AKSHAR COMMUNITY CARE LTD,

SANJAY KARA Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Bt Global Sourcing And Governance Manager, Other trusteeship: BOCHASANWASI SHRI AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/2008, number: 1123367
Registered at Companies House on 28/03/2008, number: 06547657

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR09: 99 days late, AR08: 32 days late,

Main office

54-62 MEADOW GARTH
NEASDEN
LONDON
NW10 8HD

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS PRIMARILY IN INDIA AND THE UK WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP, POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF NATURAL OR MANMADE DISASTERS OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PERSONS LIVING PRIMARILY IN INDIA AND THE UK.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LIVING PRIMARILY IN THE UK AND INDIA, INCLUDING PROMOTION OF INDIAN ART, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND TRADITION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

INDIA AND THE UK.

Data Sources