THE SANKIRTAN EVENTS SOCIETY (UK)

Charity number: 1199114
Charity reporting is up to date (98 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Propagate the principles ordained by the 15th century Bengali Saint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, by: organising and hosting Sankirtan events around the UK, distributing free sanctified pure vegetarian food - aka prasadam, maintain the Sankirtan artform in the UK, engage youth members from the UK and develop the next uk specialist Sankirtan artists - aka kirtaniyas, deliver devotional talks.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £78,000
Total expenditure: £97,000

People

5 Trustee(s)

100 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
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 May 2022: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • SANKIRTANFEST (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mita Rani Dey Trustee 01 March 2023
None on record
Gitoshri Purkayastha Trustee 01 March 2023
None on record
Amit Kumar Dev Trustee 17 January 2022
None on record
Raj Narayan Das Trustee 17 January 2022
None on record
Shilpi Baidya Trustee 17 January 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £74.00k £78.00k
Total expenditure £57.00k £97.00k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 31 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 06 February 2025 98 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 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 04 MAY 2022 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 24 MAY 2022

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE HINDU RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY MEANS OF THE SANKIRTAN ARTFORM.

Contact information

Address:
68 AVENUE ROAD
KINGS HEATH
BIRMINGHAM
B14 7TG
Phone:
07538721992
Email:
info@sankirtanfest.org
Website:

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