GURU NANAK GURDWARA BEDFORD

Charity number: 1058482
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

A new Gurdwara and Community Centre was completed in 2007/08 - (the Gurdwara started providing religious services from April 2007 and the Community Centre was opened in January 2008 for use by the community for social and religious functions). The site now becomes the focal centre where Sikhs & Non-Sikhs get together to celebrate religious functions and discuss multi faith issues.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £309,668
Total expenditure: £219,623

People

23 Trustee(s)

70 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 October 1996: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

23 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Balbir Kaur Nijjer Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
Dalbir Singh Sandhu Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
GURPAL SINGH GREWAL Trustee 20 July 2025
GURMAT GYAN ROOHANI MISSION UK
Received: On time
Balbir Singh Sembhi Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
AVTAR SINGH MUTTI Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
Sansar Singh Dhillon Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
SURINDER Singh Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
Gurpreet Singh Singhota Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
Gurpiar Singh Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
Jaswant Singh Gill Trustee 20 July 2025
None on record
Sukhdev Singh Rupal Trustee 19 September 2021
None on record
Makhin Singh Chandi Trustee 19 September 2021
None on record
Nachattar Singh Judge Trustee 19 September 2021
None on record
Amarjit Singh Josan Trustee 19 September 2021
None on record
JASWINDER SINGH DHILLON Trustee 24 June 2018
None on record
GURJIT KAUR JOSAN Trustee 24 June 2018
None on record
ONKAR SINGH BHANGAL Trustee 08 May 2016
None on record
SANTOKH SINGH Trustee 03 September 2013
None on record
MAJOR SINGH SINGH Trustee 25 May 2011
None on record
PARAMJIT SINGH Trustee
None on record
SOHAN SINGH Trustee
None on record
NIRMAL SINGH Trustee
None on record
SUKHPAL SINGH GILL Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £111.52k £249.93k £245.39k £344.45k £309.67k
Total expenditure £165.48k £154.22k £168.97k £184.50k £219.62k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £19.39k £3.66k N/A N/A 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 March 2025 19 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 19 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 20 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 18 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 14 December 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 29 November 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 03 November 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 19 October 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 19 October 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED JUNE 1971, AND AMENDED 17TH FEBRUARY 1974 AND 14TH JULY 1996 as amended on 06 Dec 2019

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE SIKH RELIGION AMONG SIKHS RESIDING IN BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF A TEMPLE AND BY THE ORGANISATION AND CELEBRATION OF SIKH RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF BOTH SIKHS AND NON-SIKHS IN THE SIKH RELIGION AND CULTURE. (3) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN THE SIKH COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit

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

BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Contact information

Address:
84 FORD END ROAD
BEDFORD
MK40 4JW
Phone:
01234 266531
Email:
gngbedford@live.co.uk
Website:

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