THE VANZA SOCIETY OF LONDON

Charity Number: 289608
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

During the year various cultural and religious programmes, namely: Navratri and Diwali celebrations, Dashera havan, devotional bhajans and coach trips to various temples in the UK, were held successfully for the benefit of the members and others.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £24,721
Total expenditure: £22,492

People

3 Trustee(s)

25 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Brent

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 June 1984: 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
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Naresh Solanki Trustee 09 June 2024
None on record
Vijay Vaghela Trustee 09 June 2024
None on record
Rupal Parmar Trustee 09 June 2024
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £17.80k £12.72k £3.45k £15.10k £24.72k
Total expenditure £15.33k £13.66k £9.03k £15.55k £22.49k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A 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 December 2023 19 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 03 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 08 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 28 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 27 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 Not Required
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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 03/06/1984 AS AMENDED ON 17/05/1997 AS AMENDED ON 26/05/2002 AS AMENDED ON 13/05/2012 as amended on 11 Sep 2022

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE RELIGION THAT IS THE RELIGION PRACTISED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE VANZA COMMUNITY SETTLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BEING THE DESCENDENTS OF KSHATRIYA CHAKRAVATI KING SHRI RAJARAJESHWAR SOMVANSHI SAHASRARJUN, WORSHIPPING THE GODDESS SHREE HINGRAJ MATA AND SAE SHREE GURU GOPAL LAL JI MAHARAJ. (B) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE VANZA RELIGION. (C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR AMONG MEMBERS OF THE VANZA COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INDIA. (D) TO PROMOTE HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN THE WEMBLEY AREA AND IN OTHER PARTS OF LONDON AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AMONGST PEOPLE OF ALL RACES BELIEFS AND CULTURES.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
95 Northumberland Road
Harrow
HA2 7RA
Phone:
07956296170
Email:
mail@vanzasociety.co.uk
Website:

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