OXFORD HINDU TEMPLE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE PROJECT

Charity number: 1131440
Charity reporting is up to date (11 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre facilitates Hindu prayer gatherings, represents Hinduism in interfaith organisations, and organises cultural events open to all community members. We're constructing a new temple to serve as a place of worship and community centre. Fundraising events support this project and our spiritual and cultural activities. The new temple will open in 2026.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £88,645
Total expenditure: £194,139

People

5 Trustee(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:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Oxfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 September 2009: 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
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mark Bhagwandin Trustee 13 July 2022
None on record
Ankit Shukla Trustee 13 July 2022
None on record
JIWAN SHARMA Trustee 08 August 2019
None on record
Mukesh Shori Trustee 19 February 2015
None on record
DHARAMRAJ PRASAD GUPTA 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 £16.10k £23.12k £17.49k £23.69k £88.65k
Total expenditure £1.56k £11.99k £7.78k £48.76k £194.14k
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 March 2025 11 February 2026 11 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 11 February 2026 11 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 03 September 2025 215 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2023 13 August 2024 195 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2021 30 December 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 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 30 JANUARY 2009 AS AMENDED 9 AUGUST 2009

Charitable objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE HINDU RELIGION IN OXFORDSHIRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON HINDUISM TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE HINDU RELIGION 2 TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF OXFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS

Area of benefit

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

OXFORDSHIRE

Contact information

Address:
Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre
Court Place Farm
Marsh Lane
Headington
OXFORD
OX3 0NQ
Phone:
07834405055
Email:
oxfordhindutemple1@gmail.com
Website:

oxfordhindutemple.org