Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

SHREE SHREE RADHA KRISHNA CULTURAL CENTRE (COVENTRY)

(1) Practice and promote Vedic Dharma (Religion) and the Vedic way of life pertaining to Shree Krishna and the Vaishnava renaissance era as described in the publications of the ISKCON.(2) Provide where possible relief to those in poverty or suffering from ill health or in need in some other way.(3) Support other charitable causes from time to time as approved by the management committee.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£81£71£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£59£120£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21*£58£40£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20*£62£61£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£126£78£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£69£68£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£67£62£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16*£63£70£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15*£62£73£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£78£69£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13?£124£126£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£110£131£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11*£126£115£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10*£192£82£110n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09*£56£60£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/08*£55£55£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07*£65£59£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06£50£52£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05*£58£54£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04*£38£36£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 36 years

www.krishnaofvrindavan.com

vjv108@gmail.com

07850658815

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Other congregations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Coventry City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£29,300
DCMS£10,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation£4,700
McCarthy Stone Foundation£750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Kitchen & Food bank Upgrade In Response to Cost of Living Crisis
£10,000 16/06/2023
Funding a community kitchen upgrade to support running costs of a free collection and delivery services of a community kitchen providing free in-house hot meals whilst struggling with increases in cost-of-living crisis to support the elderly ....more
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2022 Christmas Connections
£750 05/12/2022
Small grants up to £1,000 to support activities connecting older people in the community at Christmas
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Wellbeing Support for BAME Community during Covid-19
£10,000 01/04/2022
The funding will be used to replace equipment cover staff costs and utilities to continue running digital events. The project aims to provide a place where people meet regularly whose English is their second language to create friendships be ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Preventing Isolation, Loneliness & Digital Exclusion for BAME Women & Elderly in Coventry & Surrounding Areas During Covid-19
£2,000 22/03/2021
The grant would pay for Kindle Fire tablets for people to be able to join in activities virtually
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Shree Shree Radha Krishna Cultural Center
£2,700 29/06/2020
6
To enable the organisation to move some of their face to face centre activity to online. These include the book club, music and mediation sessions and children’s drama group. The women’s group and the lunch club will also be moved online.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Response Community Support & Maintenance
£9,300 22/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide the equipment to deliver food parcels and medicines to vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic. The project aims to support the needs of the community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Cafe Improving Access for all
£10,000 17/10/2019
12
The funding will be used to improve access to the community centre. The project aims to improve accessibility and safety for people who use the centre.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rebuild, Redecor and Renovation
£8,600 07/09/2018
12
This funding will be used to repair a kitchen roof, improve cold storage facilities, and improve the external and reception areas of a small Hindu community centre, which hosts regular food events for all members of the local community.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

  • ARUN BHANDARI
  • KUMAR KANUPARTI Appointed: 2017
  • PARGAN SINGH SAMRA Appointed: 2015
  • RISHI KUMAR BHANDARI Appointed: 2015
  • VIJAY VADUKUL
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/1988, number: 700538
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 28 days late, AR20: 78 days late, AR17: 91 days late, AR16: 91 days late, AR15: 93 days late, AR11: 54 days late, AR10: 70 days late, AR09: 144 days late, AR08: 114 days late, AR07: 77 days late, AR05: 5 days late, AR04: 7 days late,
Main office

19 GLOUCESTER STREET
COVENTRY
CV1 3BZ

Objectives

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF VEDIC DHARMA (RELIGION) AND VEDIC WAY OF LIFE PERTAINING TO SHREE KRISHNA AND RENAISSANCE ERA AS DESCRIBED IN THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNES. (B) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN INDIAN AND/OR VEDIC HISTORY, CULTURE, LANGUAGES. CUSTOMS AND WAY OF LIFE. (C) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN POVERTY OR SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS OR DISTRESS OR GENERALLY BEING HANDICAPPED, UNDERPRIVILEGED OR IN NEED IN ANYWAY. (D) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES AND THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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