AKSHAR EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Charity number: 1023731
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF 2.5 TO 18 AND ADULT EDUCATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2023

Total income: £6,049
Total expenditure: £576,512

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Brent

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 July 1993: Standard registration
  • 09 May 2024: Removed (Funds transferred (gi))
  • 09 May 2024: Funds transferred to 1143083 BOCHASANWASI SHRI AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN ...
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • AKSHAR IT CENTRE (Working name)
  • THE SWAMINARAYAN SCHOOL (Working name)
  • THE SWAMINARAYAN SCHOOL AND AKSHAR IT CENTRE (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2019 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023
Total gross income £2.59m £1.21m £450.15k £904.73k £6.05k
Total expenditure £3.81m £2.00m £1.25m £17.04k £576.51k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A £19.37k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £4.41k £40 N/A £902.64k N/A
Income - Other trading activities £15.90k £9.32k N/A £0 N/A
Income - Charitable activities £2.50m £1.10m N/A £1.85k N/A
Income - Endowments £0 £0 N/A £0 N/A
Income - Investment £6.81k £4.53k N/A £238 N/A
Income - Other £65.46k £92.67k N/A £0 N/A
Income - Legacies £0 £0 N/A £902.64k N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £3.80m £2.00m N/A £17.04k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £13.07k £0 N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Governance £0 £0 N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £5.07k £0 N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 £3.23k N/A £0 N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 August 2023 28 March 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2022 06 July 2023 6 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 06 July 2023 6 days late
Annual return 31 August 2021 09 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 09 May 2022 On Time
Annual return 31 August 2020 23 December 2021 176 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 23 December 2021 176 days late

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 14/06/1993 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 03/09/2003 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 13/10/2013

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PREFERENCE:1)CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS UP TO 19 YEARS OF AGE;2)ADULTS BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INDIA AND ELSEWHERE WHICH SHALL BE ADMINISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS AND DOCTRINES OF THE HINDU FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES OF AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN DENOMINATION OF THE HINDU RELIGION BASED UPON THE TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES OF BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN. THESE VEDIC TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES, BASED ON THE BRAHMA SUTRAS, UPANISHADS AND BHAGAVAD GITA, AS WELL AS OTHER FOUNDATIONAL HINDU SCRIPTURES, ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS SWAMINARAYAN DARSHAN OR AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM UPASANA – THAT IS, WORSHIPPING BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN AS PURNA PURUSHOTTAM NARAYAN (THE SUPREME AND ONE GOD) BY PURIFYING ONESELF AND BECOMING ONE WITH GUNATITANAND SWAMI AS AKSHARBRAHMAN (GOD’S ETERNAL ABODE), ALSO KNOWN AS BRAHMARUP, THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION OF THE CURRENT BRAHMASWARUP GURU. AKSHAR PURUSHOTTAM UPASANA IS FURTHER BASED ON THE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF EKANTIK DHARMA (NAMELY DHARMA, GNAN, VAIRAGYA AND BHAKTI) AND ITS TEACHINGS ARE PROPAGATED AND ENUNCIATED BY THE SPIRITUAL SUCCESSORS OF BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN, NAMELY AKSHARBRAHMAN GUNATITANAND SWAMI, SHRI PRAGJI BHAKTA (ALSO KNOWN AS BHAGATJI MAHARAJ), SHASTRI YAGNAPURUSHDAS (ALSO KNOWN AS SHASTRIJI MAHARAJ), SWAMI GNANJIVANDAS (ALSO KNOWN AS YOGIJI MAHARAJ), SHASTRI NARAYANSWARUPDAS (PRESENT SPIRITUAL HEAD, ALSO KNOWN AS PRAMUKH SWAMI MAHARAJ) AND HIS DIRECT SUCCESSOR AS SELECTED BY SHASTRI NARAYANSWARUPDAS AND THOSE DIRECT SUCCESSORS SELECTED IN THIS MANNER THEREAFTER

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNITED KINGDOM AND INDIA AND ELSEWHERE